Databases

ATCC is a global biological materials resource and standards organization whose mission focuses on the acquisition, authentication, production, preservation, development, and distribution of standard reference microorganisms, cell lines, and other materials.

The Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) is a mechanism set up by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to facilitate the exchange of information on Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and assist the Parties to better comply with their obligations under the Protocol. Global access to a variety of scientific, technical, environmental, legal and capacity building information is provided in the six official languages of the UN.

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ is a biological resource center and one of the largest collections of microorganisms and cell cultures.

The NCBI advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.

Nature Technology Corporation is opgenomen in het grotere Aldevron. Aldevron is een biotechbedrijf gespecialiseerd in gebruiksvriendelijke en veilige (non-) virale vector systemen geschikt voor gepersonaliseerde gen therapien en de productie van vaccinatie vectors.

Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health. 1. Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDSs) are technical documents used by individuals working with pathogens in the laboratory. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment.html 2. Health Canada website -list containing Infectious diseases https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-diseases.html

The CBS culture collection, housed at the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is one of the largest and oldest culture collections in the world with more than 130.000 strains of fungi (including yeasts) and bacteria.

The Universal Virus Database, ICTVdB, is authorised by ICTV (International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses) 1. Classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms - Discover on NCBI https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7171901/ 2. Human vir uses : discovery and emergence - Discover on NCBI https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3427559/ 3. Oncolytic vir uses in cancer therapy - Discover on NCBI https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7126325/

The WFCC is a Multidisciplinary Commission of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and a Federation within the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). The WFCC is concerned with the collection, authentication, maintenance and distribution of cultures of microorganisms and cultured cells.