The Human Oral Microbiome Database, available March 26, is 
an open access database of information about microbes 
living in the human oral cavity. The database will 
contain "descriptions of the microbes, their metabolism, 
and their ability to cause disease ... linked to 
information on their DNA and proteins, as well as to the 
scientific literature."

Funded by the U.S. National Institute of Dental and 
Craniofacial Research, and overseen by scientists at the 
Forsyth Institute and Kings College London, the database 
is related to the Human Microbiome Project, launched in 
December 2007, by NIH to sequence the genomes of 
representative human microorganisms. (Thanks to 
ResourceShelf and Open Access News.)