I suggest that the proposal of Prof.Dr.D.Boone on the new dis-
cussion group is very useful and essential, and he has to be coordi-
nator of the group.
As well, I'd like to add some information for colleagues and
include a couple of topics.
Information
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Microbiologists can find either sources of microbial cultures
or collections into which new isolates can be deposited with help of:
1.< Date: Mon, 5 Sep 94 07:24:34 EST
< The databases of WFCC World Data Center on Microorganisms (WDCM)
< are now accessible from MOSAIC and other WWW clients.
< The address is: http://www.wdcm.riken.go.jp
< The databases are the directory of culture collections (CCINFO),
< the list of strain names including "invalid" names (STRAIN),
< a World Catalogue of Algae (ALGAE), and hybridoma and monoclonal
< antibodies (HDB). STRAIN, ALGAE and HDB have links to CCINFO.
< SUGAWARA Hideaki, WFCC World Data Center on Microorganisms
< E-mail: sugawara at viola.riken.go.jp
Note: WFCC is: World Federation of Culture Collections
2.< Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 16:39:09 GMT+4
< The Microbial Strain Data Network (MSDN) has launched its web
< server at BDT. The location is:
< http://www.bdt.org.br/msdn/msdn.html
< This server includes the following databases:
< Bacterial Nomenclature (DSM's compilation of IJSB)
< Fungi from Brazil Recorded by Batista and Co-Workers
< American Type Culture Collection (link to ATCC web server)
< AVIS Animal Virus Information System
< Brazilian Catalogues
< CCALA Czech Algae and Cyanobacteria
< CCM Czech Bacteria
< CCF Czech Filamentous Fungi
< DSM Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen
< IBSO Siberian Luminous Bacteria
< KMMGU Russia Bacteria
< IMI International Mycological Institute
< IPPAS Russia Algae
< MSU Russia Yeasts
< NCYC UK National Collection Yeasts
< PETERHOF Genetic Collection S.cerevisiae Yeasts
< LEBIN Russia Basidiomycetes
< RIAM Russia Fungi
< Slovenia Filamentous Fungi
< VKM Russia of Bacteria, Fungi and Yeasts
< VKM Russia Genetically Modified Organisms
< VKPM Russia of Industrial Organisms
< Bacterial Identification Matrices
< EBIS European Community Biotechnology Information Service,
< and MICROBIAL STRAIN DATA NETWORK INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY.
< This server also has links to:
< WFCC World Data Centre on Microorganisms (WDCM)
< Bioline Publications
< IRRO Databases on Environmental Releases.
< Dora Ann Lange Canhos E-mail: dora at bdt.org.br
< (http://www.bdt.org.br)
Additional Topics
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During my work in VKM and my visits to other collection of mic-
roorganisms, I met two big problems of collection work:
i) IDENTIFICATION of bacteria, and ii) STANDARD CULTURING of bacte-
ria. (I don't mean the well-known species: Salmonella, E.coli, et
al.) A person, who isolated strains from arctic permafrost, or from
oil stratum, or from coffee plant effluents, etc, has a hard work
both with "standard" growing and with identification. I comment the
situation with three references:
1. on IDENTIFICATION:
< From: Henk W van Verseveld <verse at bio.vu.nl>
< X-Article-Number: bionet.microbiology Msg # 2058
< A system called GelCompar, based on comparative Analysis of Elec-
< trophoresis Whole Cell Protein Patterns, from Applied Maths, Kort-
< rijk, Belgium, has been developed, which we find very suitable to
< build up databases. Unfortunately no Soil-databases do exist at
< this moment...
2. on CULTURING (media):
The composition of cellular fatty acids was determined with
substrates of used media. - Vainshtein M., Hippe H., Kroppenstedt R.M.
Cellular Fatty Acid Composition of Desulfovibrio Species and Its Use
in Classification of Sulfate-reducing Bacteria. System. Appl.
Microbiol., 1992, 15, pp.554- 566.
3. on CULTURING (conditions):
< From: Max Kennedy <personal correspondence>
< We have had experience growing a number of secondary metabolites
<... we have found that some products are completely absent if the
< oxygen concentration becomes limiting. This is perhaps another
< expression of the redox potential phenomena...
I hope discussion of two additional topics could be an object
of interest for the new group.
Mikhail Vainshtein <vain at ibpm.serpukhov.su>
Curator of bacteria of VKM, IBPhM, Russ.Acad.Sci;
Assistant Professor, Fac.of Environ.Sci.& Biotechnology, Pushchino
State University.
