Maintenance, Authentication, and Diversification of the ATCC Reference Collection of Protozoans

该奖项为美国类型文化收藏馆内的原生动物和藻类收藏提供了持续的部分支持。该收藏主要维持自由生活和一些寄生原生动物和那些可以冷冻保存的藻类。该收藏将这些生物以及与它们相关的信息分发给世界研究界。在本资助期内，该组的目标包括：(1)保持该组的高水平质量控制；(2)在必要时，应用最先进的方法来改进某些菌株的认证；(3)采用改进的保存方法来降低成本和促进分布；(4)使保存多样化，包括目前未被保存的主要生活原生动物群体的成员，并扩大代表性不足的群体的保存；(5)将菌株信息组织到计算机数据库中，以便用户社区访问；(6)优化其保存的质量控制。

This award provides continued partial support for the collection of protozoa and algae housed at the American Type Culture Collections. The collection maintains mostly free living and some parasitic protozoa and those algae that can be cryopreserved. The Collection distributes the organisms as well as information associated with them to the world research community. The goals of the Collection during this funding period include: (1) maintain the high level of quality control of the Collection, (2) where necessary, apply state-of-the-art methodologies to improve the authentication of certain strains; (3) apply improved preservation methodologies to lower costs and facilitate distribution, (4) diversify the holdings to include members of major groups of fee-living protozoa not currently held and expand holdings of groups that are poorly represented, (5) organize the strain information into computer databases that are accessible to the user community, and (6) to optimize quality control of its holdings.