Microbe Links

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1. Biosafety on the internet

   
   
   • Belgian Biosafety Server
     http://biosafety.ihe.be


• Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
  http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html


• International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
  http://www.ifpri.org/divs/isnar.htm


• OECD - Harmonisation Documents, Chemical programme
  http://www.oecd.org/ehs


• UK Advisory Committee on Releases into the Environment (ACRE)
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/acre/index.htm


• United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service (BINAS)
  http://binas.unido.org/binas/


• US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  http://www.fda.gov/

2. E learning

   
   
   • Active learning Centre: Microbiology
     http://www.med.jhu.edu/medcenter/quiz/home.cgi


• American Society of Microbiology and history of microbiology from 1861
  http://www.asm.org/


• Digital Learning centre for Microbial Ecology
  http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/


• Prokaryotic Microbiology
  http://www.bact.wisc.edu/bact303/bact303mainpage

3. European

   
   
   • Belgium Co-ordinated Collections of Microorganisms
     http://www.bccm.belspo.be


• Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
  http://www.cbs.knaw.nl


• Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
  http://www.caz.cz


• French Biological Resource Centres
  http://www.crb-france.org/front?controller=inserm.cccrb.CCCRBHome


• Mycotheque de l’ Universite Catholique Louvain
  http://www.belspo.be/bccm


• Pasteur Collection of Cyanobacteria
  http://www.pasteur.fr


• Sammlung von Algenkulturen (Collection of Algal Culture)
  http://www.gwdg.de

4. International

   
   
   • Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection
     http://nrrl.ncaur.usda.gov


• American Type Culture Collection
  http://www.atcc.org


• Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures
  http://www.res.agr.ca/brd/ccc/ccctitle.html


• Culture Centre of Algae and Protozoa
  http://www.bio.utexas.edu


• Culture Collection of Algae
  http://www.bio.utexas.edu


• Fungal Genetic Stock Culture
  http://www.fgsc.net


• Institute of Microbial Technology
  http://www.imtech.res.in


• Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, IAM Catalogue of strains
  http://www.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/catalouge.html


• Japanese Bioresource Network
  http://bio.tokyo.jst.go.jp/biores/english/index.htm


• National Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Blue Green Algae, India
  http://www.wis.cgiar.org/rwc/shared/asp/generalinfoserver/intermediate.asp?InstitutionID=10476


• National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria
  http://www.nfmc.res.in/


• World Data Centre for Microorganisms
  http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp/


• World Federation of Culture Collection
  http://www.wfcc.info

5. United Kingdom

   
   
   • CAB Abstracts
     http://www.cabi-publishing.org/AbstractDatabases.asp?SubjectArea=&PID=125


• CABI Bioscience
  http://www.cabi-bioscience.org


• Common Access to Biological Information
  http://www.cabri.org


• ConservationEvidence.com - Sharing conservation experience
  This website collates information on the effectiveness of conservation practice.
  http://www.conservationevidence.com


• Convention on Biological Diversity
  http://www.biodiv.org/


• European Culture Collection Organization
  http://www.eccosite.org/


• UK National Culture Collection
  http://www.ukncc.co.uk

6. Websites of interest for information on microbiology and relevant Biodiversity

   
   
   • Bioguide – microbiological resources
     http://dtiinfo1.dti.gov.uk/bioguide/culture.htm


• Biosis information system
  http://www.biosis.com/


• Convention on Biological Diversity
  http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml


• List of prokaryotic names
  http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/


• Microbe World
  http://www.microbeworld.org/home.htm


• Mushrooms
  http://mycology.cornell.edu/fmush.html


• Species 2000 Indexing the worlds known species
  http://www.sp2000.org/


• The Dictionary of Fungi
  http://www.indexfungorum.org/


• The microbiological information portal
  http://www.microbes.info/


• The Microbiology Network
  http://microbiol.org/


• The World Wide Web Virtual Library
  http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html


• The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Mycology
  http://mycology.cornell.edu/


• Tree of Life Web project
  http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

7. Websites of interest for information on Organisations

   
   
   • Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
     http://www.biocollections.org/


• Microbial Strain Data Network
  http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp/msdn/MSDN.html


• World Data Centre for Micro-organisms
  http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp/


• World Federation for Culture Collections
  http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp/wfcc/wfcc.html

8. Websites of interest for information on Patents

   
   
   • Budapest Treaty for the Deposit of Micro-organisms
     http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/budapest/guide/index.htm

9. Websites of interest for information on Safety and Standards

   
   
   • Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
     http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/acdp/


• Binas Biosafety Site
  http://binas.unido.org/binas/


• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/protocol.asp


• Common Access to Biotechnological Resources Information (CABRI) Guidelines
  http://www.cabri.org


• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
  http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/


• EC Directive 2000/54/EC on Biological Agents
  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2000/l_262/l_26220001017en00210045.pdf


• Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Culture Collections
  http://www.wfcc.info


• International Organisation for standardisation
  http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage


• UK National Culture Collection (UKNCC) initiative quality management system
  http://www.ukncc.co.uk

10. Websites of interest for information on Taxonomy and Nomenclature

    
    
    • Bacterial Nomenclature up-to-date
      http://www.dsmz.de/bactnom/bactname.htm


• Bibliography of Systematic Mycology
  http://www.indexfungorum.org/BSM/bsm.htm


• British Mycological Society
  http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/resources.asp


• CABI Bioscience fungal synonymy
  http://www.cabi.org


• Integrated Taxonomy Information System
  http://www.itis.usda.gov/


• Species 2000 Indexing Project
  http://www.sp2000.org/


• Systematic Botany and mycology
  http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-75-39-00


• Taxonomic Databases Working Group
  http://www.tdwg.org/

11. Websites of interest for information on transport and shipping

    
    
    • European Chemical Industry Council
      http://www.cefic.org


• Harmonisation of UN documents etc.
  http://hazmat.dot.gov


• International Air Transport Association
  http://www.IATA.org/cargo/dg


• International Civil Aviation Organization
  http://www.icao.int/


• Maritime rules
  http://www.imo.org/index.htm


• National Chemical Emergency Response UK
  http://www.ukresilience.info/emergencies/accidents.shtm


• Transport Conseil International
  http://www.tci-transport.fr


• US Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (RID/ADR)
  http://hazmat.dot.gov/RIDADR.htm


• USA Dept of Transport's Office of Hazardous Materials Management
  http://hazmat.dot.gov


• World Health Organisation
  http://www.who.int/csr/en/