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Responses to the following questions (1-28) will be components of the USCCN online searchable database available to all users.

1. Collection name and abbreviation*

2. Current Position

3. Collection phone number

4. University/Department Name

5. Collection Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

6. Collection email

7. Collection website (if applicable)

8. Name of Collection Point of Contact

9. Collection WDCM number (if applicable)

10. Number of staff that work with the collection (if applicable)

11. Organizational structure of the Collection:

Check all that apply

Government Agency
Academia
Private non-profit
Industry
For profit distributor
Other (please explain)

Organizational structure

12. What type of organisms are included in the Collection?

Check all that apply

Fungi
Bacteria
Algae
Yeast
Oomycetes
Other (please describe)

Type of organism

13. Do you have sequencing data?

Yes
No

Please specify what kind of data

14. How many of each type of genus are included in the Collection?

Enter one species / quantity per line Click the plus circle to add more rows. Alternatively, you can upload a spreadsheet below.

Species	Quantity

15. Upload a spreadsheet listing out each species along with the quantity.

If you filled out the species and quantities above, then you can ignore this field. You do not need to upload a file.
If you are uploading a list, please use this template and upload.

Accepted file types: txt, csv, xls, xlsx, doc, Max. file size: 50 MB.

16. Please choose one of the following categories that best describes your collection.

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)
Aspiring collection (lacks one or more of the attributes of a publicly available collection; plans are underway to meet all the criteria of a public collection)
Research collection (industry or research collection; does not include a plan to distribute strains)
Orphan collection or other (please describe your collection)

Describe your collection

17. What host associations, if any, does your microbial collection have?

18. What institution/entity currently houses your collection? (For example, Kansas State University, ARS, private entity)

19. Is the institution able to guarantee its support to the Collection for the next three to five years?

Yes
No
Unknown

20. Does your collection have the ability to accept orphan collections at this time? If yes, please describe your capacity to do so.

Yes
No

Capacity

21. Does your collection contain strains that are currently used or could be used for reference strains such as to identify human, animal or plant pathogens? If yes, please explain

Yes
No

Capacity

22. Do you utilize best practices guidelines for operation of your culture collection?

Check all that apply

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/)
ISBER Best Practices for Biorepositories (https://www.isber.org/page/BPR)
Other
None of the Above

Other

23. What is/are the mechanism(s) of availability and distribution?

Check all that apply

No charge for distribution (shipping may be charged)
Fee per strain for distribution
Culture exchange
No mechanism for distribution
Peer to peer for collaborations
Other (please explain)

Mechanism(s) of availability and distribution

24. What are the main subjects or fields of use relevant to your collection?

Check all that apply

Main Subjects

25. If applicable, what services does your Collection provide? Check all that apply

Check all that apply

Patent deposits
Storage service (safe deposit)
Strain isolation/taxonomic identification
Custom material preparation (such as genomic DNA/RNA)
Contract screening
Consulting
Not applicable

26. Does your Collection provide training opportunities on the following? Check all that apply

Check all that apply

Training Opportunities

27. If applicable, does your Collection provide consultation on the following? Check all that apply

Check all that apply

Patent deposits
Preservation
Propagation
Shipment regulations
Animal quarantine
Plant quarantine
Other (please explain)
Does not provide consultation

Consultation

28. What institutions fund research that users perform using specimens from your collection? Check all that apply

Check all that apply

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of the Interior (DOI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Other (please explain)

Institutions fund research

29. Is the Collection willing, within reasonable limits and to the extent that the collection is public, to engage in the exchange of cultures with other collections within the framework of the USCCN?

Yes
No

30. Is the Collection willing to engage, within the limits of its capacity to do so, in collaborative programs with other culture collections for the general betterment of the USCCN?

Yes
No

31. Do you wish to be contacted by researchers and collaborators about your Collection?

Yes
No

32. Would you be interested in collaborating on a project with samples combined from different repositories?

Yes
No

Responses to the following questions (29-36) will NOT be components of the USCCN online database. Information provided will be for internal use only to enhance USCCN service to participants.

33. Is the future of your collection dependent on a single individual in the institution?

Yes
No

34. Is there a contingency plan to be able to guarantee the existence of the collection for at least five years, such as at another institution? Please provide as much detail as possible.

Yes
No

Contingency Plan

No Contingency Plan

35. Is your collection currently or in potential danger of becoming an orphan collection? If yes, what means do you have to save the collection? Please provide as much detail as possible.

Yes
No

Collection In Danger

36. Would you like assistance with the orphan collection?

Yes
No

37. What are the greatest needs of your collection at this time? (For example: stable funding, personnel needs, quality control procedures, capacity & equipment, visibility, etc.)

38. Would you like your collection to be listed in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) https://www.gbif.org/

Yes (you will be emailed information by USCCN separately detailing how to register your collection in GBIF)
No

39. Does the Collection support the USCCN mission, which is "to facilitate the safe and responsible utilization of microbial resources for research, education, industry, medicine, and agriculture for the betterment of humankind by providing opportunities for US culture collection workers to engage with each other and with the broader culture collection community."

I agree to support the mission of the USCCN
I disagree with the stated mission.

If you disagree with the current mission of USCCN, please provide additional information about your recommendation for the mission.

40. How can USCCN best serve you?

Submit Collection

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