Microbial Culture Collections and Microbiological Biobanks in the Context of New ISO Standards

Abstract In order to meet the growing needs of world economy for biotechnology, culture collections must transform way they operate from passive storage microbial resources active resource centers whose services should go beyond provision microbes. The protection and conscious use microorganisms aims co-create a strategy responsible sustainable development, based on expert knowledge. This article deals with subject recently developed panel biobank-specific standards requirements that be met by into modern biobanks.