CABRI: Catalogue production guidelines: MDS for bacteria and archaea

CABRI Guidelines for Catalogue Production

Guidelines prepared for CABRI by BCCM, CBS, CERDIC, DSMZ, ECACC, HGMP, INRC, MSDN
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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.

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