title: The United States Culture Collection Network (USCCN): Enhancing Microbial Genomics Research through Living Microbe Culture Collections.
abstract: The mission of the United States Culture Collection Network (USCCN; http://usccn.org) is "to facilitate the safe and responsible utilization of microbial resources for research, education, industry, medicine, and agriculture for the betterment of human kind." Microbial culture collections are a key component of life science research, biotechnology, and emerging global biobased economies. Representatives and users of several microbial culture collections from the United States and Europe gathered at the University of California, Davis, to discuss how collections of microorganisms can better serve users and stakeholders and to showcase existing resources available in public culture collections.
authors.affiliation: Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
authors.forename: Kyria
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boundy-Mills
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA Chemical Biological Process Development Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: A Rick
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: The Genetic Resources Collection, CABI, Surrey, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Seogchan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: The Culture Collection of Algae, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nobles
authors.affiliation: Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Eisen
authors.affiliation: Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Inderbitzin
authors.affiliation: Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
authors.forename: Irnayuli R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Sitepu
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors.forename: Tamas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torok
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wertz
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Supratim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: The Culture Collection of Microorganisms from Extreme Environments, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Sherry L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cady
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA mccluskeyk@ksu.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCluskey
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D023281:Genomics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008829:Microbiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States