The UKNCC Biological Resource: Properties, Maintenance and Management

Edited by David Smith, Matthew J. Ryan and John G. Day

• Provides all the information you require to run a biological resource collection, on 386 pages. 
• Details techniques used for preservation and characterisation of strains and lists the uses and properties of over 5000 micro-organisms.
• Includes lists of collections in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world and provides hints on growing cultures and a comprehensive list of growth media and their formulae. 
• Find out about legislation that controls handling, storage and distribution of micro-organisms and cell lines and realise the capacity of the UK National Culture Collection.

Contents

• The role of public service culture collections
• Culture collection organisations
• The UK National Culture Collection
• Culture collection quality management
• Legislation affecting collections
• Use and safe handling of micro-organisms
• General hints on growing microbes and cell lines
• Preservation methodology including protocols
• Microbial properties and their characterisation
• Ordering, charges, quarantine and safety
• Deposits
• Services and facilities of each member collection

The appendices list strains with specific microbial properties (including metabolites and antibiotics, enzymes, assay and test strains), media recipes, useful addresses and contacts and information on cryopreservation protocols for hundreds of organisms.  All this and hundreds of references to further reading and experimental details makes this book a necessity for all microbiologists.

Available from the UKNCC Secretariat

THE UKNCC integrated catalogues in four volumes

Also available on CD

¨       List of Algae and Protozoa

Contains over 2500 strains of freshwater and marine algae and protozoa from the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at Windermere and Oban.  Available at a cost of £10 plus package and postage

¨       List of Bacteria

Integrates the holdings of CABI Bioscience, National Collections of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria, National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and National Collection of Type Cultures.  Includes some 20 000 strains from many diverse environments, tremendous value at a cost of £20 plus package and postage.

¨       List of Fungi (including yeasts)

The holdings of CABI Bioscience, National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi, National Collection of wood-Rotting Fungi (now held at CABI) and the National Collection of Yeast Cultures. Around 19 000 strains are listed at a cost of £20 plus package and postage.

¨       Animal and plant cell lines catalogue

Lists the key resources held by the European Collection of Cell Cultures and is free direct from ECACC.

European Collection of Cell Cultures, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wilts SP4 0JG.  Tel: +44-1980 612512;  Fax: +44-1980-611315 Email: ecacc@camr.org.uk

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THE UKNCC Lists of strains

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THE UKNCC Lists of microbial strains on CD

The above lists of algae and protozoa, bacteria, fungi are presented on one CD in text and pdf file format that can be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.           

Price only £5 including package and postage

The UKNCC Biological Resource: Maintenance, Management and Properties Edited by David Smith, Matthew Ryan and John Day

386 pages Price £39.95 plus postage and packaging

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