Protocols & Best Practices
Growing Fungi
- Aspergillus media
- Aspergillus techniques
- CBS media list (PDF)
- Fusarium techniques and media
- Neurospora protocol guide
- Neurospora techniques
Preserving Fungi
- Neurospora (generally applicable to ascomycetes that make abundant conidia) (PDF)
- Protocol for Cryopreservation of ECM Fungi (PDF)
- Strain preservation at the FGSC
- General methods from the FGSC
Preserving Bacteria
Video Demonstrations
- FGSC Youtube site
Includes preparing silica gel stocks, sealing ampoules, harvesting spores, making a sterile transfer and more - EMbaRC technique videos
Includes gram staining, preservation, and optical microscopy - Video Protocols at the FGSC
Taxonomy
- Index Fungorum
- Index Nominum Algarum
- International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria
- International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature 2013
- International Plant Names Index
- List of Names of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
- List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Mycobank
- Zoobank
Educational Materials
Orphaned collections
- Process for depositing orphaned collections at Fort Collins, CO: Center for Agricultural Resources Research – Deposit Microbes