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What's the best way to batch retrieve RefSeq accession numbers from a list of type strains?

I have a list of almost 1000 type strains that I want to analyze the genomes of but the list I was able to get from DSMZ's LPSN only includes Genus, species, subspecies, and all known strain identifiers (i.e. ATCC, DSMZ, KACC, etc.) for each organism. I have really been struggling to find a dataset where I can retrieve the refseq numbers for these strains, let alone get to the point of downloading the genomes. Are there tools where I can find these accession numbers or do I just have to manually sift through NCBI to find sequences? Any help with this would be appreciated!

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where I can retrieve the refseq numbers for these strains,

If you only need accession numbers then one of the easier ways to do this would be to download the table of NCBI reference genomes (datasets) here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/?taxon=2&reference_only=true

Make sure you select the entire table (clicking the check box to the left word assembly in the header cell) before downloading (21,965 genomes as of this day).

If you want to get all bacterial genomes (~2.1 M as of today) then get the table from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/?taxon=2

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