title: PERN: an EU-Russia initiative for rhizosphere microbial resources.
abstract: Millions of microbial taxa inhabit the rhizosphere and could be used as biofertilizers, biopesticides, and/or for bioremediation. Only a fraction of these microbes have been described and/or are being utilized. Most are dispersed in collections, but coordination of their accessibility and availability is challenging. Here, we present the Pan-European Rhizosphere Resource Network (PERN), which is a transnational repository of microorganisms whose objectives are to facilitate access to rhizosphere resources and information and help users with technical and legal issues.
authors.affiliation: Université catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Applied Microbiology, Mycology, Croix du Sud, 2 box L7.05.06, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Electronic address: Stephan.declerck@uclouvain.be.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Declerck
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.affiliation: Plant-Soil Interactions, Institute for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland; Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Plant-Microbe Interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marcel G A
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: van der Heijden
authors.affiliation: Mycotheca Universitatis Taurinensis (MUT), Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, viale Mattioli, 25, 10125 Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanna Cristina
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Varese
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, 410049 Saratov, Russia.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Turkovskaya
authors.affiliation: All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM), G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: Lyudmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Evtushenko
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Golev Street, 614081 Perm, Russia; Microbiology and Immunology Department, Perm State University, 15 Bukirev Street, 614990 Perm, Russia.
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ivshina
authors.affiliation: Belgian Science Policy, Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM), Avenue Louise 231, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Desmeth
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D058441:Rhizosphere; D012426:Russia; D012988:Soil Microbiology
keywords: Nagoya protocol; access and benefit sharing; biofertilizer; biopesticide; bioremediation; culture collection; plant microbiome; rhizosphere