The command Options | Account Details opens a dialog that shows the SeqSphere user account, and further service accounts that are stored for this user account.

SeqSphere+ User Account

allows to change the password, the contact data, the account for the Ridom nomenclature server and the BIGSdb user authorization.

Change Password

To change your password, enter a new password in the text-fields in the "Account" section, just below the "Login" field showing your username. The password must be entered twice to minimize the possibility of typing errors. Click OK and the new password is set.

Change User Settings

User contact data can be changed in the "User" and "Contact" sections. If the data in these sections is changed and no password is specified, the password is left unchanged when OK is clicked.

BIGSdb Authorization

MLST schemes can be fetched from two databases:

• BIGSdb Oxford (PubMLST) - a public databases for molecular typing and microbial genome of University of Oxford, operated by the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, UK [1]
• BIGSdb Pasteur - a genomic-based strain taxonomy and nomenclature platform operated by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France [2]

From 1 January 2025 onwards, registration and authentication will be mandatory to access all data curated after 31 December 2024. Without registration, only data entered up to 31 December 2024 can be downloaded. This affects both ST and allele numbers.

Details of the access policies for both databases can be found here:

• BIGSdb Oxford: Change of data access policy
• BIGSdb Pasteur: Novel data access policy

The authorization data for both BIGSdb Oxford and BIGSdb Pasteur can be entered in this section of the dialog.

• Step 1: A BIGSdb account is required for authorization. If you don't have an account, please register a new account at the BIGSdb website:
  • BIGSdb Oxford: https://pubmlst.org/bigsdb
  • BIGSdb Pasteur: https://bigsdb.pasteur.fr/cgi-bin/bigsdb/bigsdb.pl

• Step 2: Log into the BIGSdb website with your username and password and go to the Database registrations tab. Now select all desired (or simply all) databases from the list Auto-registrations and click Register.

• Step 3: To connect your BIGSdb account to your SeqSphere+ account, open the BIGSdb Authorization tab and click on the button Authorize at BIGSdb. In the following window, select one of the databases registered in step 1.

A browser window will open. If required, enter your BIGSdb login details. Note: If the selected database is not registered for the BIGSdb account the error message "Invalid username or password entered. Please try again." will appear, even if the entered username and password are correct.

On the Authorize client software page that is displayed after the login please click the button Authorize.

A new page viewing the Verification Code will be displayed.

Copy the Verification Code and paste it into the Verification Code window in SeqSphere+ and click OK.

You should now see an entry for Access token. Press OK to close the Account Details window. The use of BIGSdb databases is now authorized and you should be able to update MLST schemes.

The Test Authorisation button can be used to test the access token. Again, select a database to be queried with the specified token. A window will display the results of the test.

SpaServer Account

If the user has already registered for the SpaServer, the account data is shown here.

ENA Account

The account data for the submission to the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) can be changed in the "ENA Account" tab.

Consortium Account

Used to register for a Consortium Server and to change the consortium account details.