Abstract
AbstractWell-managed genetic resources and associated metadata are essential to
underpin research addressing the challenges to food security, healthcare, climate
change, biodiversity, environment, education and our bio-based economy. Culture
collections have supported microbiology research for over 100 years, whether they are
collections belonging to individual scientists or institutional repositories. The 790
collections registered with the World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM) together
hold over three million strains representing a wide range of microbial diversity. This
review provides an overview of the uses and outputs of collections that support work in
mycology, agriculture and the environment. Further, it focusses on the advantages of
coordinating efforts and establishes recommendations to improve resource provisions for
research and the development of the necessary infrastructure. The CABI living resource
collection provides an example that holds over 28,000 strains of fungi from 100 years of
research in mycology. In the modern era, microbial interventions and solutions require
knowledge not only of those microorganisms that can be grown and preserved axenically
but also whole microbial communities: i.e. ‘microbiomes’. Current technologies enable us
to access this latter, hidden resource, thereby facilitating a better understanding of
how to harness and manipulate microbial communities to improve crop yields and allow
successful interventions such as biocontrol of pests, diseases and invasive species. The
WDCM Analyzer of Bio-resource Citations reports that 79,224 strains from 131 collections
from 50 countries have been cited in 145,133 papers published in 50,307 journals from
January, 1953 until April, 2020. These organisms have a multitude of uses, for example
as sources of antibiotics, therapeutic drugs and other active agents. They have been
applied widely including in the biodegradation, bioremediation, biotransformation and
biotreatment of wastes. Further uses include interventions in agriculture for soil and
plant health or biological control of pests and diseases. All of the above may be
achieved by individual institutions but, by working together, collections can form a
critical mass to focus on key global issues and can achieve much more. Mechanisms are
suggested for coordinating collections in order to deliver a more comprehensive support
system in the advancement of science and innovation.
Funder
Department for
International Development
Chinese Ministry of Agriculture
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Directorate-General for International Cooperation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Education,Cultural Studies
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