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Phenotype to genotype in Neurospora crassa: Association of the scumbo phenotype with mutations in the gene encoding ceramide C9-methyltransferase. CURRENT RESEARCH IN MICROBIAL SCIENCES 2022; 3:100117. [PMID: 35909622 PMCID: PMC9325734 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2022.100117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Boundy-Mills K, McCluskey K, Elia P, Glaeser JA, Lindner DL, Nobles DR, Normanly J, Ochoa-Corona FM, Scott JA, Ward TJ, Webb KM, Webster K, Wertz JE. Preserving US microbe collections sparks future discoveries. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 129:162-174. [PMID: 31758754 PMCID: PMC7383923 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Collections of micro‐organisms are a crucial element of life science research infrastructure but are vulnerable to loss and damage caused by natural or man‐made disasters, the untimely death or retirement of personnel, or the loss of research funding. Preservation of biological collections has risen in priority due to a new appreciation for discoveries linked to preserved specimens, emerging hurdles to international collecting and decreased funding for new collecting. While many historic collections have been lost, several have been preserved, some with dramatic rescue stories. Rescued microbes have been used for discoveries in areas of health, biotechnology and basic life science. Suggestions for long‐term planning for microbial stocks are listed, as well as inducements for long‐term preservation.
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- K Boundy-Mills
- Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Fungal Genetics Stock Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS Rhizobium Germplasm Resource Collection, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Center for Forest Mycology Research, USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Madison, WI, USA
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- Center for Forest Mycology Research, USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Madison, WI, USA
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- UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Soil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.,Institute of Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- E. coli Genetic Stock Center, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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McCluskey K, Boundy-Mills K, Dye G, Ehmke E, Gunnell GF, Kiaris H, Polihronakis Richmond M, Yoder AD, Zeigler DR, Zehr S, Grotewold E. The challenges faced by living stock collections in the USA. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28266913 PMCID: PMC5376150 DOI: 10.7554/elife.24611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Many discoveries in the life sciences have been made using material from living stock collections. These collections provide a uniform and stable supply of living organisms and related materials that enhance the reproducibility of research and minimize the need for repetitive calibration. While collections differ in many ways, they all require expertise in maintaining living organisms and good logistical systems for keeping track of stocks and fulfilling requests for specimens. Here, we review some of the contributions made by living stock collections to research across all branches of the tree of life, and outline the challenges they face. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24611.001
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Affiliation(s)
- Kevin McCluskey
- Department of Plant Pathology, Fungal Genetics Stock Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States
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- Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, United States
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- Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, United States
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences and Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States
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- Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, United States
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- Bacillus Genetics Stock Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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- Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, United States
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- Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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Paterson RRM, Lima N. Biochemical mutagens affect the preservation of fungi and biodiversity estimations. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:77-85. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4554-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Revised: 10/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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