Culture collectionInternational Depository AuthorityMicrobial diversityExtreme environmentUnderstanding the metabolic and evolutionary patterns of microorganisms has played a pivotal role in the development of agriculture, industry and health sectors. Therefore, for the ex situ conservatio...
Microbial forensics is a field that has attracted tremendous interest off late. Bioterrorism, biowarfare, and weaponization of the microbiome have terrified the world. While microbial forensics deals with the study of microbes for legal purposes, its applicability in the other subfields of health and ...
Cyanobacteria are a well-known source of bioproducts which renders culturable strains a valuable resource for biotechnology purposes. We describe here the establishment of a cyanobacterial culture collection (CC) and present the first version of the strain catalog and its online database (http://lege...
In India, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has declared 5 Microbial-Designated National Repositories (M-DNRs) under 'Section 39' of Biological Diversity Act 2002 as an important aspect of infrastructure for biodiversity conservation. These bio-resource centres follow operational guidelines of World...
The table of the fungal diversity in the culture collections presented in the FungalDC has the following fields: - Code. - Country. - Collection Acronym. - WDCM Number. - Full Name of Culture Collection. - Count of Species. - Genus. - Species. - Variant/Subspecies. The Metabolites of Fun...