Support of a Living Stock Collection of Bacteria, Archaea, and Bacteriophages at the ATCC

该奖项重申了对美国典型培养物收藏的细菌学收藏的部分支持。该文库目前由大约15,400个细菌和噬菌体组成，可能是世界上最多样化的原核生物组合。自1974年以来，大约三分之一的藏品是在国家科学基金会提供的支持下获得的。应科学界的要求，可收取适当的费用，向科学界提供所收集的有机体的样本培养。虽然其他联邦机构和国家科学基金会也提供支持，但使用费是收款机运营的最大单一收入来源。提供给研究人员、教育工作者和其他人的培养样本被用于基础和应用研究、教育和制造过程中的各种应用。认证和内部质量控制活动是与藏品维护有关的活动的重要组成部分。大多数菌株已经通过一套特定物种特有的生理、形态、细胞化学和基因特征进行了广泛的鉴定和验证。

This award renews partial support for the Bacteriology Collection of the American Type Culture Collection. The Collection, which currently consists of approximately 15,400 bacteria and bacteriophage, is perhaps the most diverse assemblage of Prokaryotes in the world. Approximately a third of the Collection's holdings have been accessioned using the support provided by NSF since 1974. Sample cultures of the collected organisms are provided to the scientific community on request for a modest charge. Although support is provided by other federal agencies as well as by NSF, user fees represent the largest single source of income for operation of the Collection. The sample cultures provided to researchers, educators and others are used in a variety of applications in basic and applied research, education and manufacturing procedures. Authentication and internal quality control activities represent a significant portion of the activities connected with collection maintenance. The majority of the strains have been identified and verified extensively by a suite of physiological, morphological, cytochemical, and genotypic characteristics specific to a given species.