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

该奖项再次支持美国类型文化收藏的原生学收藏。该收藏保存和分发了广泛的经过认证的原生动物、藻类和相关菌株数据，用于研究和教育。该收藏目前保存着大约1886株原生动物，代表231属，大约500种；此外，还有222株藻类，代表66属，大约120种。在过去的五年中，该收藏平均每年向用户提供1150种文化，收费适中。这个项目的智力价值在于对原生生物的新菌株进行表征，以便用户可以获得新的、现有的、特征良好的抗议菌株。这个项目更广泛的影响是有针对性地扩大原生生物收藏馆的馆藏，为合格的用户提供有用的、科学相关的原生生物生物种群。

This award renews support for operation of the Protistology Collection of the American Type Culture Collection. The collection conserves and distributes a comprehensive range of authenticated protozoa, algae and associated strain data for use in research and education. The collection presently maintains approximately 1886 strains of protozoa representing 231 genera and approximately 500 species and, in addition, 222 strains of algae representing 66 genera and roughly 120 species. Over the last five years, the Collection has provided an average of 1150 cultures each year at a modest charge to users. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the characterization of new strains of protists so that new, as well as existing, well-characterized protest strains are available to users The broader impact of this project is to expand the holdings of Protistology Collection in a targeted fashion to provide useful and scientifically relevant living stocks of protists to qualified users.