CABI GRC
November 25, 2020Collection Website
WDCM Identifier
214
Organizational structure
International, not for profit - UK based
Collection Institution/Entity
CAB International
Staff working with the Collection
16
Collection Contact
MJ Ryan
Position of Collection contact
Curator & Research Lead
Collection Email
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 Category
Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)
Collection follows best management practice guideline
OECD Best Practices Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (https://www.oecd.org/health/biotech/oecdbestpracticeguidelinesforbiologicalresourcecentres.htm), World Federation for Culture Collections Guidelines (http://www.wfcc.info/guidelines/)
Organisms in Collection
Fungi, Bacteria, Yeast
Reference strains in collection
Plant Pathogens
Training opportunities provided by Collection
Culture Collection management (e.g. quality control procedures, databases, etc., Culturing and preservation methods (including cryopreservation), Genome sequence analysis
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
50 member countries of CABI international and associated development agencies
Availability and distribution mechanisms
No charge for distribution (shipping may be charged), Fee per strain for distribution, Culture exchange, No mechanism for distribution, Peer to peer for collaborations
Services provided by Collection
Patent deposits, Storage service (safe deposit), Strain isolation/taxonomic identification
Consultations provided by Collection
Patent deposits, Preservation
Genus in Collection
Species: 6000, Quantity: 30000
Host Associations in Collection
Grain crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Other Plants, Insects, Soil, Water
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture, Culture and preservation methods, Freeze drying and cryopreservation, General microbiology