Microbial strain collections and information

This culture collection contains only non-pathogenic microorganisms contains information on strain names and special application of the particular microorganisms. This collection specializes in microorganisms valued for industrial applications, includes many patented microbes, and the company also provides oilfield and environmental services. This database provides a large set of industrial microorganisms. Under specific entries, it contains information on the origins of, and literature on, the strains. The DSMZ is the German collection of microorganisms and cell cultures. It contains approximately 20,000 bacterial and 5,000 fungal strains. Microbial strain information is a tool with the goal of providing a comprehensive microbial knowledge base. This database focus on fungi and bacteria of the class known as actinomycetes. This web article describes the needs and designs of compiling microbial strain information. This clearinghouse site contains links to many microbial strain collections around the world. The RDP provides annotated bacterial, archael, and fungal rRNA sequences for use in taxonomy and in analyzing secondary structure. This site provides information for global culture collections to share and coordinate information. The American Type Culture Collection specializes in microorganisms useful for research, medical and industrial applications. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.