Published in Probe Volume 6 (Final) July 1996
Organisms and Strains is an annotated guide to germplasm resources on the Internet. It is divided into three sections: animal stock centers, plant stock centers, and microorganisms and fungi. The guide is maintained through the efforts of Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin.
Plant germplasm repositories or databases listed as of January 11, 1996 include: Agricultural Genome Databases (AGIS), American Type Culture Collection, Arabidopsis sources (Arabidopsis Information Management System (AIMS), Lehle Seeds, and Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre), Center for Genetic Resources (Netherlands), Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (U.K.), DSM--the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Forest Genetic Resources in Germany, Geilweilerhof International Grapevine Database, International Bambara Groundnut Database, Germplasm Resource Information Network (GRIN), Index Seminum Austriae, Maize Genetics Corporation Stock Center, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Nordic Gene Bank, the University of Texas at Austin Algae Culture Collection, and the Vavilov Institute.
David Jourdan, of Steenbock Library and the Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, compiles the guide. He hopes to focus more heavily on plants in the future, adding, "I think that in the very near future many germplasm repositories will have their catalogs on the Internet, and having an annotated guide to these resources will be useful in informing researchers of whats available."
The guide can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://biotech.chem.indiana.edu/pages/orgstrain.html
To submit new resources or suggest changes, please contact:
David Jourdan
550 Babcock Dr.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 263-3899
Fax: (608) 263-3221
E-mail: djourdan@macc.wisc.edu