Gordon collection

June 20, 2025

Organizational structure

Academia

Collection Institution/Entity

UT Austin

Staff working with the Collection

15

Collection Contact

Xuening Zhou

Position of Collection contact

Ph.D. Researcher

Collection Email

xueningzhou@utexas.edu

Collection Phone

5122036613

Collection can be contacted

Yes

  • Has continued institutional support
  • Interested in Culture Collections Exchange
  • Interested in working with samples from different repositories
  • Interested in Collaborative Programs
  • Collection contains reference strains
  • Ability to accept orphan collections
  • Collection contains sequencing data

Collection Category

Research collection (industry or research collection; does not include a plan to distribute strains)

Collection follows best management practice guideline

OECD Best Practices Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (https://www.oecd.org/health/biotech/oecdbestpracticeguidelinesforbiologicalresourcecentres.htm)

Organisms in Collection

Bacteria

Training opportunities provided by Collection

Culture Collection management (e.g. quality control procedures, databases, etc.

Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF)

Availability and distribution mechanisms

No charge for distribution (shipping may be charged), Fee per strain for distribution, Culture exchange, Peer to peer for collaborations

Services provided by Collection

Patent deposits, Storage service (safe deposit)

Consultations provided by Collection

Preservation, Shipment regulations

Genus in Collection

Species: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Quantity: 9

Species: Staphylococcus aureus, Quantity: 2

Species: Burkholderia pseudomallei, Quantity: 1

Species: Burkholderia Tailandensis, Quantity:

Host Associations in Collection

Humans

Research fields relevant to Collection

Immunology, Molecular biology