Lee, Kang Soo et al.Hatzenpichler, Roland2024-10-092024-05Lee, K.S., Landry, Z., Athar, A. et al. MicrobioRaman: an open-access web repository for microbiological Raman spectroscopy data. Nat Microbiol 9, 1152–1156 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01656-32058-5276https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/18853Here we present the establishment of an open-access web-based repository for microbiological Raman spectroscopy data. The data collection, called ‘MicrobioRaman’ (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/MicrobioRaman/studies), was inspired by the great success and usefulness of research databases such as GenBank and UniProt. This centralized repository, residing within the BioStudies database1 — which is maintained by a public institution, the European Bioinformatics Institute — minimizes the risk of data loss or eventual abandonment, offering a long-term common reference for analysis with advantages in accessibility and transparency over commercial data analysis tools. We feel that MicrobioRaman will provide a foundation for this growing field by serving as an open-access repository for sharing microbiological Raman data and through the codification of a set of reporting standards.en-USThis version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01656-3https://perma.cc/KDW9-RWNUMicrobiological ramanspectroscopy dataweb repositoryArticle10.1038/s41564-024-01656-3