LSC Mycology & Botany Collection of the ATCC

该奖项重申了对美国典型培养物保藏中心（ATCC）真菌保藏中心的支持。目前，该收藏品保存了约48，000种真菌菌株，代表1，500属的7，600多个物种。ATCC以适度的费用向研究人员和教育工作者提供收集的样本。该收藏馆的工作重点是获取，鉴定，保存和分发真菌，并协助分发信息，技术，知识产权和标准，以促进，验证和应用美国和世界各地的科学知识。通过持续向研究人员和教育工作者提供经认证的微生物、相关产品和协作专业知识，以及提供可在全球范围内访问的专利库，产生了更广泛的影响。收集工作人员寻求通过ATCC工作人员以及保藏者、合作者和收集的其他用户的外部研究工作产生的额外菌株数据来提高培养物的质量和真实性。 通过该奖项提供的支持相当于维护收藏品以及提高其收购质量和服务效率的持续成本的约12%。

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.