1. About WFCC
2. Supporting Organization
3. What's New
4. Search Engines
5. Databases of Resource Banks
6. Distant Leaning System
7. Sequence/Phylogenetic Analysis
8. Genome Projects
9. Biodiversity and Biosafety
10. Publishers
11. Others
12. Contact Points

About WFCC

• WFCC Executive Board
• Committees and Activities
• Statutes and Bylaws
• Membership
• Publications -books, reports, newsletters
• Workshops and Conferences
• National Federations / Societies of Culture Collections UKNCC
• USFCC
• Links

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Supporting Organization

• WDCM : WFCC World Data Center for Microorganisms
• WFCC: World Federation for Culture Collections
• MIRCEN: Microbial Resources Centers
• CIB: Center for Information Biology, National Institute of Genetics
• JST: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
• JST Bio-Resource Network Project (in Japanese)
• CODATA: Committe on data for Science and Technology
• UNESCO: United National Educational, Science and Cultual Organization
• UNEP: United Nations Enviromental Programme
• NEDO: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

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What's New

• WFCC Skerman Award for Microbial Taxonomy
• WFCC Guidelines "For the Establishment and Operation of Collections of Cultures Of Microorganisms", 2nd Edition, June 1999
• ICCC9 (Ninth International Congress for Culture Collections) in Brisbane, July 23-28, 2000
• Current status of culture collections in the world
• WDCM Symposium in Tokyo, February 16, 1999
• WFCC Workshop on the Economic Value of Microbial Genetic Resources (Halifax, August 1998)
• Survey'98 on culture collecion is going on
• Towards Best Practice for Access to Genetic Resources (Cordoba, January 1998)

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Locator of Culture Collections and Strains

• AHMII :Agent for Hunting Mirobial Information on Internet
• CCINFO : Directory of Culture Collections Worldwide
• Registration form for CCINFO:
• STRAIN:Comprehensive list of names of bacteria and fungi preserved
• ALGAE :World Catalogue of Algae Dictionaries

• List of bacterial names with standing in nomenclature: (by Dr. J. P. Euzeby, IJSB, 1997, 47, 590-592)
• Approved List of Bacterial Names
• SPECIES2000: Science name checklist
• Coding system for Strain Characteristic
• International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria
• The Microbial Underground's Guide to Microbiology on the Net
• Molecular Microbiology Jump Station
• WWW Virtual Library: Microbiology & Virology
  

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Databases by Culture Collections and Cell Banks

Microbial Collections

• Agricultural Research Service
• ALGAE a world catalogue of algal collections.
• All Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM)
• ATCC (WWW server) The American Type Culture Collection.
• BCCM Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms
• CABRI CABRI (Common Access to Biological Resources and Information) by EC
• CBS Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures.
• CCAP The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa.
• CCUG: University of Goteborg, Sweden (>38000 strains)
• CGSC: E.coli Genetic Stock Center
  • Developmental,Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Duke University.
  • Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH
  • DSMZ WWW in German
  • DSM data at WDCM
• Fungal Genetics at U. Texas Houston Medical School
• HAMBIUniversity of Helsinki, Finland
• IEGMInstitute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms.
• IMIInternational Mycological Institute: Fungi.
• Indonesian culture collections
• INVAMThe International Culture Collection of Arbuscular and VA Mycorrhizal Fungi.
• JCMJapan Collection of Microorganisms.
• JFCCa catalogue of strains preserved in Japan Federation for Culture Collection.
• MGD(Microbial Germplasm Database) (WWW server)
• Matsushima Mycological Memoirs No.8
• Microbial Information Network of China
• Microbial Strain Data Network (MSDN)
• Microbial Strain Data Network (MSDN) mirrored in Japan
• Mycological Resources
• NCCB
• NCIMB
• Quinone Database
• RDP
• The Chlamydomonas Genetics Center
• TISTR
• UKNCC
• University of New South Wales (UNSW)　Culture Collection, School of Microbiology and Immunology.
• University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Cell/GeneBanks

• ATCCTheAmerican Type Culture Collection.
• Caenorhabditis Genetics Center
• CABRICABRI (Common Accessto Biological Resources and Information) by EC
• DSMZCatalogues of Cells, Antibodies and DNA Clones.
• ECACCEuropean Collection of Animal Cell Cultures.
• HDB
  • CODATA/IUIS HDB　Reactivity and availability of hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies.
  • ATCC/Hybridomas　a detailed catalogue of cell lines preserved in ATCC.
  • ECACC/Hybridomas　a detailed catalogue of cell lines preserved in ECACC.
• JCRB
  • Cell Bank
  • Gene Bank
• RIKEN GENE BANK
  • a detailed catalogue of cell lines preserved in RIKEN.
  • Validation Study on Five Cytotoxicity Assays by JSAAE.
  • Tissue Bank and Data base Home Page　The University of Michigan Human Breast Cell.
  • UKNCC

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Distant Learning System

• Active Learning Center - Microbiology
• Biological Resources Centers (Some materials are in Japanese)
• Bug Bites
• Bugs in the News
• Bugs on the Web
• Cells Alive
• EPA Microbiology Page
• Fundamentals of Microbiology 101
• Glossary of Microbiology
• History of Microbiology (1861-1995)
• Medical Microbiology
• Microbe Zoo（by Michigan State University）
• Microbial Ecology and ARB
• The Microbiology Network
• Microbiologyby Suite101.com
• Microbe World
  

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Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis

Sequence analysis

• Homology Search
• Multiple Alighment

Phylogenetic Analysis

• RDP (Ribosomal Data Project)
• PHYLIP
• TheTree of Life

Molecular Biology in General

• AlcesCandida albicans Molecular Bioloby
• Cambridge University Biosciences
• DDBJNetwork Browser for Databanks in Molecular Biology
• DAYLIGHT
• ExPASy Molecular Biology
• globin gene expression database
• NIH Molecular modeling
• Protein Data Bank
• SRSNetwork Browser for Databanks in Molecular Biology
• Swiss Federal Inst. Tech. Peptide and Nucleotide Anal.

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Genome Projects

Mirobial Genome Projects

• Genome Information Broker
• CGSCE. coli Genetic Stock Center
• The Institutefor Genomic Reserch
• Saccharomyces Genome Information Server(WWWserver)

Other Genome Projects

• A Genus species DataBase
• BCD WWW Server
• Biologist's Control Panel
• BODYMAPAnatomical Expression Database of Human Genes
• CGSC E. coli Genetic Stock Center
• The Chlamydomonas Genetic Center (Duke Botany Dept.)
• Complete Organelle Genome Database
• Danish Centre For Human Genome Research　Biobase, the Danish Biotechnological Database, at University of Aarhus, Denmark.
• DDBJInternational Nucleotide Sequence Database
• DNA Information and Stock Center (DISC)
• FlyBase: a genetic and molecular database for Drosophila
• GDB Human Genome Data Base
• GenomeNet
• Human Genome Program Home Page
• Human Genome Project Information
• Internet Directory of Biotechnology Resources
• The Institute for Genomic Reserch
• The Johns Hopkins University BioInformatics Web Server
• Medical Research Council
• Metabolic Pathway
• Moulon WWW server
• The Mouse Genome Informatics Project
• NDB WWW Server
• NIH Home Page
• The OGMP
• Rice Genome Research Program (RGP)
• UK MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre

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Biodiversity and Biosafety

Biodiversty

• 1993 Directory of Country Environmental Studies
• Action on Marine and Coastal Issues　Communication for Sustainable Future (CSF)
• Australian National University Bioinformatics
• Biodiversity Action Network
• BIN21 Biodiversity Information Network
• Biodiversity & Biological Collections (Cornell)
• BIOSIS and Zoological Record

  BIOSIS demonstration search for checking to see if new names are included in the ZR database (in accordance with requirements of new Zoological Code to e operative from Jan 1997) will be publicly available in a couple of weeks time. Other 'names' tools are still in development, but hopefully will be made publicly available in a few months.

• BISHOP MUSEUM
  • Hawaii Biological Survey
  • HAWAIIAN GEOLOGY
• CAB INTERNATIONAL
• Canadian biodiversity information network (CBIN)
• The Canadian Endangered Species Protection Act
• The California Flora Database
• CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity)
• Central Appalachian Biodiversity Project (CABP)
• CIESIN
• CODAa free software package for conservation reserve planning.
• CoralBase
• The Deep Green Exchange homepage
• Digital Exsiccate of Fungi
• The Earth Council
• Earth Island's Projects and newsletters
• ERIN Australian Environment
• Fish and Fisheries Research (ISSN 1136-1794)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations (FAO)
• GBIF (Global Biodiveristy Informatics Facility)
• ICLARM
• The Interagency Taxonmic Information System (ITIS)
• IDRC The International Development Research Centre
• International Institute for Sustanable Development (IISD)
• Institute of Forest Genetics Dendrome Project
• Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
• International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI)
• IRRO Database on Environment Releases
• ISLAND PRESS
• LIchenized und lichenicolous AScomycetes (LIAS)
• The Mulch-Based Agriculture Group
• The NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
• NHM/UK The Natural History Museum in UK
• National Plant Data Center (NPDC)
• Ocean Voice International
• Pagina Principal de INBio
• RAFI Communique
• Rain Forest
• Second COP for the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Smithsonian Institution　mammal site
• SnakebiteNorth　American Snakebite Emergency
• Species 2000Indexing　the World's known Species
• Suprageneric　Names　Indices Nominum Suprangenericorum Plantarum Vascularium　Project Database
• PLANTS Database
• Sustainable Development　Information Resources
• The　Tree of Life
• TDWG(International Working　Group on Taxonomic Databases)
• University of Wisconsin　Department of Botany
• United Nations Environmental　Programe (UNEP)
• Vascular　plants checklist
• WCMC World ConservationMonitoring Centre
• WCMC Protected　Areas Virtual Library

Biosafety

• Biosafety　Information Network & Advisory Service (BINAS)
• ICGEBnet　(International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology)

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Publishers

• Academic Press
• American Society for　Microbiology
• Bioline　Publications
• Biological　Journals
• BioSci　& Other Electronic Publications
• BUBL
• Cambridge Scientific　Abstracts
• CICNet Electronic Journal Indices
• Elsevier　Science Publishing
• Genethon　(Contents of biological journals)
• Inter-Research Science　Journals
• Journal of Bacteriology
• List　of Electric Journals
• National　Academy Press Online Books
• Oxford University　Press
• A Partical Guide to Working as a Scientist in Japan.
• SCIENCE
• UnCover　Literature Searching Services

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Other (WWW servers and news group for Bio-medicine)

• Addresses of　Biologists
• BioBASE
• Biologists's Guide to Internet Resources
• BIONET Newsgroup
• HTML Composition
• Internet　Directory
• Mass Media in　Japan
• National　Library of Medicine
• NCBI　(National Center for Biotechnology Info.)
• NIH (National　Institutes of Health)
• NTT　DIRECTORY
• RIKEN WWW　server
• Electronic　References & Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources
• The Tree of Life
• UK　WWW Servers (Complete list)
• The　World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: By Subject
• WWW servers in Japan

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Contact Points

• Contact Points

Last modified: June 7, 2000