THE BCCM/ULC CULTURE COLLECTION TO CONSERVE AND STUDY THE DIVERSITY 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:2268/180557 2024-10-13T14:02:08+00:00 THE BCCM/ULC CULTURE COLLECTION TO CONSERVE AND STUDY THE DIVERSITY OF (SUB)POLAR CYANOBACTERIA Wilmotte, Annick Renard, Marine Kleinteich, Julia Simons, Veronique Waleron, Kzryzstof Waleron, Malgorzata CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège 2014-09 A0 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/180557 en eng http://www.nioz.nl/9EWMBC https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/180557 info:hdl:2268/180557 9th European Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria, Texel, Netherlands [NL], 7-11 septembre 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 2024-09-27T07:01:50Z 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 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. Moreover, a Multilocus Sequence Analysis is tested on diverse strains to improve their systematics. The diversity encompasses the three main cyanobacterial orders: Chroococcales, Oscillatoriales and Nostocales. In addition, cyanobacteria are known to produce a range of secondary metabolites (e.g. alkaloides, cyclic and linear peptides, polyketides) with different bioactive properties (e.g. antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, anticancer). The potential of the polar strains to produce cyanotoxins is currently studied by ELISA and ... Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Arctic University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) Antarctic Arctic The Antarctic |
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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 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. Moreover, a Multilocus Sequence Analysis is tested on diverse strains to improve their systematics. The diversity encompasses the three main cyanobacterial orders: Chroococcales, Oscillatoriales and Nostocales. In addition, cyanobacteria are known to produce a range of secondary metabolites (e.g. alkaloides, cyclic and linear peptides, polyketides) with different bioactive properties (e.g. antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, anticancer). The potential of the polar strains to produce cyanotoxins is currently studied by ELISA and ... |
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Wilmotte, Annick Renard, Marine Kleinteich, Julia Simons, Veronique Waleron, Kzryzstof Waleron, Malgorzata |
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THE BCCM/ULC CULTURE COLLECTION TO CONSERVE AND STUDY THE DIVERSITY OF (SUB)POLAR CYANOBACTERIA |
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THE BCCM/ULC CULTURE COLLECTION TO CONSERVE AND STUDY THE DIVERSITY OF (SUB)POLAR CYANOBACTERIA |
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THE BCCM/ULC CULTURE COLLECTION TO CONSERVE AND STUDY THE DIVERSITY OF (SUB)POLAR CYANOBACTERIA |
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THE BCCM/ULC CULTURE COLLECTION TO CONSERVE AND STUDY THE DIVERSITY OF (SUB)POLAR CYANOBACTERIA |
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THE BCCM/ULC CULTURE COLLECTION TO CONSERVE AND STUDY THE DIVERSITY OF (SUB)POLAR CYANOBACTERIA |
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bccm/ulc culture collection to conserve and study the diversity of (sub)polar cyanobacteria |
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9th European Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria, Texel, Netherlands [NL], 7-11 septembre 2014 |
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