Make Histri: reconstructing the exchange history of bacterial and archaeal type strains.

Authors :: Verslyppe B
De Smet W
De Baets B
De Vos P
Dawyndt P
Source :: Systematic and applied microbiology [Syst Appl Microbiol] 2011 Jul; Vol. 34 (5), pp. 328-36. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Apr 22.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: Each transfer of a microbial strain between a Biological Resource Center (BRC) and an individual researcher or another BRC imposes a risk of contamination or human error. Such artifacts jeopardize the quality of scientific results. In order to trace back possible scientific discrepancies that can be linked to failure of authenticity of the biological material involved, we launched the 'Make Histri' project that aims at reconstructing the exchange history ('Histri') of all bacterial and archaeal type strains as can be deduced from the information contained in BRC online catalogs. A Histri, visualized as a rooted tree, contains all known strain numbers attributed to the various cultures of a given strain, annotated with additional information about each transfer of microbial material.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Chryseobacterium
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Terminology as Topic
User-Computer Interface
Archaea classification
Bacteria classification
Databases, Factual

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