Maintenance and Authentication of the ATCC Reference Collection of Bacteria

9512045塞普斯该奖项是对美国模式培养馆藏(ATCC)细菌学馆藏的续期资助。该藏品包括15,000多个菌株，代表了大多数已知的细菌物种。大约500株细菌病毒也被包括在收集中。大约20%的细菌菌株是模式培养，在鉴定新的菌株、进行微生物分析和重复使用同一菌株至关重要的其他用途时，作为参考菌株特别有用。大学、科研院所和工业界的研究人员只需支付很少的费用就可以获得采集到的生物样本。在过去的五年中，收集的样本数量增加了约7%，分发了20多万个样本。通过该奖项提供的资金将支持藏品规模的持续增长、质量保证程序的改进以及通过互联网和印刷目录提供有关藏品的最新详细信息方面的进展。***

9512045 Cypess This award renews funding of the Bacteriology Collection of the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). The collection includes over 15,000 strains representing most of the known species of bacteria. Approximately 500 strains of bacterial viruses are also included in the collection. About 20% of the bacterial strains are type cultures particularly useful as reference strains in identifying new isolates, performing microbiological assays and other uses where repeated use of the same strain is critical. Samples of collected organisms are available to researchers in universities, research institutes and industry for a small fee. In the last five years, the size of the collection has increased by about 7%, and over 200,000 samples have been distributed. Funding provided through the award will support continued growth in the size of the collection, improvements in the quality-assurance procedures, and progress in providing detailed, current information about the collection through the internet and a printed catalogue. ***