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+ The repository has 2 sql files:
+ mirri-db.sql
+ vw_strains_202206 source.sql
+
+ 1. mirri-db.sql:
+This is a script with the entire database, the purpose of that DB is to store all the content from the excel files from the Culture Collections.
+
+ 2. vw_strains_202206 source.sql:
+ This view must be created under the database created from Biolomics. 
+ 
+ The view is created following the specifications and contains all the fields until Sept. 2022 there are some fields with null values because they were not implemented yet in Biolomics