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ENCODE Get Biosample
Get detailed metadata for a specific ENCODE biosample by its accession ID. Returns comprehensive information including biosample type, organism, life stage, age, sex, tissue/cell line name, donor information, treatments, genetic modifications, culture conditions, and characterizations. Essential for understanding sample provenance, experimental conditions, and biological context of ENCODE datasets. Find biosample accessions using ENCODE_search_biosamples (format: ENCBS######).
Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 346msCortexa
Status
The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.
- Last probed
- 1d ago
- Last success
- 1d ago
- Last latency
- 346ms
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
{
"properties": {
"accession": {
"description": "ENCODE biosample accession identifier (format: ENCBS######, e.g., 'ENCBS000AAA', 'ENCBS130ENC'). Find accessions using ENCODE_search_biosamples or from experiment metadata.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"accession"
],
"type": "object"
}Examples (1)
Default ENCODE Get Biosample call
public-safeinput
{
"accession": "P38398"
}Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_ENCODE_get_biosample
- Tool name
- ENCODE_get_biosample
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse