Protist Collections: Essential for Future Research.
The vouchered deposit of protist type specimens in institution-maintained collections is a prerequisite for species description, and greatly enhances the chances of sample availability and preservation for future generations. However, specimens are currently most often deposited in personal collections maintained by the individual effort of researchers. We discuss the disadvantages of such a scenario and propose a change to this arrangement.
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Protozoa Collection, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 21040 360 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: davila.levy@ioc.fiocruz.br.
Claudia M
CM
d'Avila-Levy
Life Science Research Centre and Institute of Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
Vyacheslav
V
Yurchenko
Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic.
Jan
J
Votýpka
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Protist Collection, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7245 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes (MCAM), Sorbonne Universités, 75005 Paris, France.
Philippe
P
Grellier
D056890:Eukaryota; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends
kinetoplastid; taxonomy; voucher