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Make Histri: reconstructing the exchange history of bacterial and archaeal type strains |
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| Authors: | Verslyppe Bert De Smet Wim De Baets Bernard De Vos Paul Dawyndt Peter |
| Institution: | a Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium b Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent, Belgium c Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium d BCCMTM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
| Abstract: | Each transfer of a microbial strain between a Biological Resource Center (BRC) and an individual researcher or another BRC imposes a risk of contamination or human error. Such artifacts jeopardize the quality of scientific results. In order to trace back possible scientific discrepancies that can be linked to failure of authenticity of the biological material involved, we launched the 'Make Histri' project that aims at reconstructing the exchange history ('Histri') of all bacterial and archaeal type strains as can be deduced from the information contained in BRC online catalogs. A Histri, visualized as a rooted tree, contains all known strain numbers attributed to the various cultures of a given strain, annotated with additional information about each transfer of microbial material. |
| Keywords: | Strain exchange history Histri Community curation StrainInfo |
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