LSC Mycology & Botany Collection of the ATCC

该奖项重申了对美国类型文化收藏（ATCC）真菌学收藏的支持。该收藏目前保存了约48,000株真菌，代表超过7,600种，代表1,500属。ATCC以适度的收费向研究人员和教育工作者提供收集的样本。该收藏的工作重点是获取、鉴定、保存和分发真菌，并帮助传播信息、技术、知识产权和标准，以促进美国和世界范围内科学知识的进步、验证和应用。通过不断向研究人员和教育工作者提供经过认证的微生物、相关产品和协作专业知识，以及提供可在全球访问的专利库，可以产生更广泛的影响。收集人员通过ATCC工作人员以及存款人、合作者和其他收集用户的外部研究工作产生的额外应变数据，力求提高培养物的质量和真实性。通过这项拨款所提供的支助，相当于维持馆藏、提高其采购质量和服务效率的持续成本的12%左右。

This award renews support for the Mycological Collection of the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). The collection presently maintains about 48,000 fungal strains representing over 7,600 species representing 1,500 genera. The ATCC provides samples of the collection to researchers and educators at a modest charge. The collection's efforts are focused on acquiring, authenticating, preserving, and distributing fungi, and aiding in the distribution of information, technology, intellectual property and standards for the advancement, validation, and application of scientific knowledge in the US and worldwide. The broader impacts arise through the consistent provision of authenticated microorganisms, related products, and collaborative expertise to researchers and educators, as well as the provision of a patent repository with worldwide access. Collection staff seek to enhance the quality and authenticity of cultures with additional strain data generated by ATCC staff, and by the external research work of depositors, collaborators and other users of the collection. Support provided through this award corresponds about 12% of the ongoing cost of maintenance of the collection and for the enhancement of the quality of its acquisitions and the efficiency of its services.