National Collection of Yeast Cultures
Links
The following list includes links to other Culture Collections and scientific or yeast related sites which may be of interest to users of the NCYC Web Site.
BBSRC :
- BBSRC- The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Reseach Council (BBSCR) Home Page.
- Institute of Food Research- The Institute of Food Research (IFR) Home Page.
Microbial Databases :
- ECCO Web Site- European Culture Collections Organization (ECCO). For further information contact: The Secretary (ECCO), Dr. Maija-Liisa Suihko, VTT Biotechnology, P.O. Box 1500, FIN-02044, VTT Finland. Tel +358 9 456 5133. Fax +358 9 455 2103.
- StrainInfo.net bioportal- A brilliant resource for finding equivalent strain designations and associated information.
- WDC Web Site- World Data Centre (WDC) maintains an on-line database of culture collections worldwide containing descriptions of their holdings and services. This is also available as the printed WDC Directory.
- WFCC Web Site- World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). For further information contact: The Secretary (WFCC), Dr David Smith, CABI Bioscience UK Centre, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9TY. Tel: +44 1491 829046. Fax: +44 1491 829100.
Miscellaneous Yeast Related Sites :
- ICBD- International Centre for Brewing and Distilling, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Microbes in Norwich Web Site
- The Forsburg Lab Home page- The Forsburg Lab Home page contains lots of information on the Genetics of S.pombe.
- The Virtual Library- The Virtual Library at Stanford University contains information on the yeast model organisms: Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Schizosaccharomyces pombe , and Candida albicans.
- WFCC-MIRCEN World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)- WDCM maintains an on-line database of Culture Collections worldwide containing descriptions of their holdings and services.
Non-UK Culture Collections :
- (CBS) Home Page- The Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) Home Page.
- (CCUG) Home Page- The Culture Collection, University of Goteborg, Sweden (CCUG) Home Page.
- ARS (NRRL) Culture Collection
- CECT Spanish Type Culture Collection- CECT Spanish Type Culture Collection, University of Valencia, Spain. English Home Page.
- DBVPG Industrial Yeasts Collection- DBVPG Industrial Yeasts Collection, Perugia, Italy.
- Herman J Phaff Culture Collection- Located at the University of California Davis and dedicated in 1996, the Herman J. Phaff Culture Collection of Yeasts and Yeast-like Organisms, is a unique yeast culture collection containing over 6,000 strains collected from North and South America, Asia, Australia and Europe.
