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GUIDELINES FOR CATALOGUE PRODUCTION

MDS for bacteria & archea
Field Field label Contents
Strain number Strain_number Should contain:
- collections’ own accession number of the strain
Other culture collection numbers Other_collection_numbers Should contain:
- accession numbers of the strain in other collections.
Can not be given if the strain is unique in the collection.
Restrictions Restrictions Should contain:
- Release conditions/Restrictions
- country-specific shipping restrictions
- restrictions imposed by the depositor etc.
Organism type Organism_type Should contain:
value "B" for bacteria or "A" for archaea.
Name Name Should contain the full scientific name of the strain:
- Genus name and species epithet
- Subspecies *
- Pathovar *
- Authors of the name

*: only if applicable

Infrasubspecific names Infrasubspecific_names Should contain:
- variety
- designation
- epithet
- authors and reference

Does not apply to all strains.

Status Status Should contain:
- nomenclature status of the strain (like "type", "neotype", etc.)

Does not apply to all strains.

History of deposit History Should contain the history of the element from depositor to isolator.
- Name of depositor
- Institute of depositor
- Name of isolator
- Institute of isolator
- Names and institutes in between
Conditions for growth Conditions_for_growth Should contain:
- Culture medium
- Atmospheric and light conditions
- Temperature conditions
Form of supply Form_of_supply Should contain:
- the form in which the strain will be sent to the customer.


Guidelines prepared for CABRI by BCCM, CBS, CERDIC, DSMZ, ECACC, HGMP, INRC, MSDN
Updated October 7th 2002
Page layout by CERDIC


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