BCCM/ULC, a culture collection to explore diversity and bioactivity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria
The BCCM/ULC public collection of (sub)polar cyanobacteria is funded since 2011 by the Belgian Science Policy Office. A Quality Management System was implemented and is continuously improved since then. An ISO9001 certificate was obtained for the public deposition and distribution of strains, as par...
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/180554 2024-04-21T07:48:16+00:00 BCCM/ULC, a culture collection to explore diversity and bioactivity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria Wilmotte, Annick Renard, Marine Kleinteich, Julia Simons, Veronique Waleron, Kzryzstof Waleron, Malgorzata Storms, Virginie CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège 2014-06 A0 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/180554 en eng https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/180554 info:hdl:2268/180554 ECCO XXXIII - Molecular Taxonomy: from biodiversity to biotechnology. 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Culture Collections’ Organisation, Valencia, Spain [ES], 11-13 juin 2014 Culture collection conservation cyanobacteria Life sciences Microbiology Sciences du vivant Microbiologie conference poster not in proceedings http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18co info:eu-repo/semantics/conferencePoster 2014 ftorbi 2024-03-27T14:46:33Z The BCCM/ULC public collection of (sub)polar cyanobacteria is funded since 2011 by the Belgian Science Policy Office. A Quality Management System was implemented and is continuously improved since then. An ISO9001 certificate was obtained for the public deposition and distribution of strains, as part of the multi-site certification for the BCCM consortium. BCCM/ULC is currently holding 134 cyanobacterial strains and the catalogue is available on http://bccm.belspo.be/catalogues/ulc-catalogue-search Continuous maintenance of living cultures, some of which are also cryopreserved, ensure the preservation and the possibility to rapidly deliver strains to clients for fundamental and applied research. The collection includes 113 (sub)polar strains. In such extreme environments, cyanobacteria are important phototrophs and primary producers in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. The purpose of this public collection is to gather a representative portion of the cyanobacterial diversity with different ecological origins (limnetic microbial mats, soil crusts, cryoconites, endoliths, etc.) and make it available for researchers to study the taxonomy, evolution, adaptations to environmental conditions, and genomic make-up. Thus, 102 cyanobacterial strains were isolated from the three main biogeographic zones of the Antarctic continent. In addition, 7 strains were isolated in Arctic biotopes and 4 from Siberian lakes. The molecular characterization is underway, on the basis of 16S rRNA and ITS sequences. The diversity encompasses the three main cyanobacterial orders: Chroococcales, Oscillatoriales and Nostocales. This is particularly important in view of the emerging use of metagenomic approaches on environmental samples, where the comparisons with the genome sequences from well-defined strains is very useful. In addition, cyanobacteria are known to produce a range of secondary metabolites (e.g. alkaloides, cyclic and linear peptides, polyketides) with different bioactive potential (e.g. antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, ... Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) |
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Culture collection conservation cyanobacteria Life sciences Microbiology Sciences du vivant Microbiologie Wilmotte, Annick Renard, Marine Kleinteich, Julia Simons, Veronique Waleron, Kzryzstof Waleron, Malgorzata Storms, Virginie BCCM/ULC, a culture collection to explore diversity and bioactivity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria |
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The BCCM/ULC public collection of (sub)polar cyanobacteria is funded since 2011 by the Belgian Science Policy Office. A Quality Management System was implemented and is continuously improved since then. An ISO9001 certificate was obtained for the public deposition and distribution of strains, as part of the multi-site certification for the BCCM consortium. BCCM/ULC is currently holding 134 cyanobacterial strains and the catalogue is available on http://bccm.belspo.be/catalogues/ulc-catalogue-search Continuous maintenance of living cultures, some of which are also cryopreserved, ensure the preservation and the possibility to rapidly deliver strains to clients for fundamental and applied research. The collection includes 113 (sub)polar strains. In such extreme environments, cyanobacteria are important phototrophs and primary producers in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. The purpose of this public collection is to gather a representative portion of the cyanobacterial diversity with different ecological origins (limnetic microbial mats, soil crusts, cryoconites, endoliths, etc.) and make it available for researchers to study the taxonomy, evolution, adaptations to environmental conditions, and genomic make-up. Thus, 102 cyanobacterial strains were isolated from the three main biogeographic zones of the Antarctic continent. In addition, 7 strains were isolated in Arctic biotopes and 4 from Siberian lakes. The molecular characterization is underway, on the basis of 16S rRNA and ITS sequences. The diversity encompasses the three main cyanobacterial orders: Chroococcales, Oscillatoriales and Nostocales. This is particularly important in view of the emerging use of metagenomic approaches on environmental samples, where the comparisons with the genome sequences from well-defined strains is very useful. In addition, cyanobacteria are known to produce a range of secondary metabolites (e.g. alkaloides, cyclic and linear peptides, polyketides) with different bioactive potential (e.g. antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, ... |
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Wilmotte, Annick Renard, Marine Kleinteich, Julia Simons, Veronique Waleron, Kzryzstof Waleron, Malgorzata Storms, Virginie |
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Wilmotte, Annick Renard, Marine Kleinteich, Julia Simons, Veronique Waleron, Kzryzstof Waleron, Malgorzata Storms, Virginie |
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BCCM/ULC, a culture collection to explore diversity and bioactivity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria |
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BCCM/ULC, a culture collection to explore diversity and bioactivity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria |
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BCCM/ULC, a culture collection to explore diversity and bioactivity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria |
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BCCM/ULC, a culture collection to explore diversity and bioactivity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria |
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