Penn State E. coli Reference Center (ECRC)
November 14, 2022Collection Website
Organizational structure
Academia
Collection Institution/Entity
The Pennsylvania State University
Collection Contact
Edward Dudley
Position of Collection contact
Professor
Collection Email
Collection Phone
1-814-867-0439
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)
Capacity to accept orphan collections
We have space for approximately 15,000 more isolates before needing another -80C freezer
Collection follows best management practice guideline
Unsure
Organisms in Collection
Bacteria
Reference strains in collection
We have genomic information for over 6,200 isolates so can identify pathotypes and genes needed
Training opportunities provided by Collection
Genome sequence analysis
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Availability and distribution mechanisms
Fee per strain for distribution, Peer to peer for collaborations
Services provided by Collection
Contract screening, Consulting
Consultations provided by Collection
Propagation, Other (please explain), General questions about pathogenic and non-pathogenic E. coli
Genus in Collection
Species: Escherichia coli, Quantity: 95,000
Host Associations in Collection
Grain crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Other Plants, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Other Animals, Humans, Soil, Water, Built Environment
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture, Food science, General microbiology, Genetics, Molecular biology, Evolution, phage resistance