Culture collections are clusters of living organisms, their cells or replicable parts (e.g., genomes, plasmids, viruses, cDNAs) organized in a way to provide associated information from each of them. These organisms are widely used as reference material for industrial testing, identification, production of compounds, fuels and food, and represent important tools for the generation of knowledge, scientific and technological development and conservation of biodiversity. Therefore, culture collections play a key role in maintaining them unchanged, ensuring reproducibility and sustainability. These collections can be classified as collections of research, reference and/or service.
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The main purpose of service collections is to provide products and services with a high quality standard and, to this end, appropriate techniques and procedures that are in accordance with national laws, regulations and policies must be in place. Among the topics covered in this area, find listed: Quality management, Information management, Compliance with relevant legislation, Preservation, Taxonomic characterization and identification of isolates, Organization and dissemination of scientific and technological information, Bank of microbial germplasm.
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The main purpose of service collections is to provide products and services with a high quality standard and, to this end, appropriate techniques and procedures that are in accordance with national laws, regulations and policies must be in place. Among the topics covered in this area, find listed: Quality management, Information management, Compliance with relevant legislation, Preservation, Taxonomic characterization and identification of isolates, Organization and dissemination of scientific and technological information, Bank of microbial germplasm.