Bacteria [Hardcover]

This volume is a unique international compilation for biotechnologists of data on the location and use of bacterial cells.This volume is a unique international compilation for biotechnologists of data on the location and use of bacterial cells. The authors are international authorities who have combined with the resource centres to provide a source book for microbiologists in industry, research establishments and universities.This volume is a unique international compilation for biotechnologists of data on the location and use of bacterial cells. The authors are international authorities who have combined with the resource centres to provide a source book for microbiologists in industry, research establishments and universities.This volume is a unique international compilation for biotechnologists of data on the sources and uses of bacterial cells. It provides details of the location and scope of major culture collections around the world holding bacteria; information on how to access their data; administration and safety issues; identification; culture and media recipes; preservation; patents; and specialist services and international organizations.Contributors Series; Introduction; Preface; 1. Resource centres L. R. Hill, K. Komagata and R. L. Gherna; 2. Information resources M. I. Krichevsky and H. Sugawara; 3. Administration and safety L. R. Hill and R. L. Gherna; 4. Culture and maintenance L. R. Hill, M. Kocur and K. A. Malik; 5. Identification L. R. Hill, K. A. Malik and K. Komagata; 6. Patent protection for biotechnological inventions I. J. Bousfield; 7. Culture collection services D. Allsop and F. P. Simione; 8. Organisation of resource centres B. E. Kirsop and E. J. Dasilva; References; Index.