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The files of type dash used in the index were:
   /data/waisguy/src/CCINFO


World Data Center of Microorganisms (WDC) maintains the World
Directory of Culture Collection to support the activities of culture
collections and their users. In 1992 WDC, supported by UNESCO, UNEP, WFCC
and RIKEN, updates the Directory which is computerized.

WDC assigns registration numbers to culture collections in a sequential
order and the newest registration number is 651. However, the number of
culture collections is lower than this number. It is because many culture
collections have stopped functioning due to: - deterioration of culture
collections, - retirement of curators, and - change of management policy
of sponsors. It is a waste of resources that culture collections once set
up disappeared and WFCC (World Federations for Culture Collections) makes
effort to establish good collections which are able to last for years.
\"Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Collections of
  Cultures of Microorganisms\" edited by WFCC Standards Committee is a good
example of the efforts

CCINFO of WDC includes more than 400 culture collections from 55
countries. Geographical distribution of the culture collections is
extensive.  This WAIS source provides records of CCINFO in an easily
retrievable form using the partial Boolean wais modifications by
Don Gilbert. 

For more information about the CCINFO database, please contact:

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| SUGAWARA Hideaki                 | WFCC World Data Center on Microorganisms| 
| The Institute of Physical and    | CODATA/IUIS Hybridoma Data Bank         | 
|      Chemical Research(RIKEN)    | Genome Informatics Team                 |
| 2-1 Hirosawa                     | E-mail:  sugawara@viola.riken.go.jp     |
| Wako-shi                         |  Phone:  +81-48-462-1111 EXT 5136       |
| Saitama 351-01                   |    Fax:  +81-48-462-4618                |
| JAPAN                            |                                         |
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INSTRUCTIONS on how to use CCINFO and STRAIN
--------------------------------------------

CCINFO is a database of all culture collections whose databases
are registered and lodged with WDC.  The holdings of these
databases are listed in the STRAIN database.

Use CCINFO to search for sites of interest.
At the keyword prompt when you select CCINFO search, enter keywords:
eg.  Ho and Singapore (to look for Dr Ho's collection which is in Singapore)

Use STRAIN to search for the microorganism of interest to find out
which collection has it.  It is currently divided into BACT for bacteria
FUNGI and YEASTS for your convenience.
This retrieval will pull back a list of hits each containing one line,
bearing the name of the organism in full, and synonyms, and a number.
This number is the registration number of the culture collection.
Use this number to search the CCINFO database to discover the details of
the database.

A typical entry from CCINFO is as follows:

----------------EXAMPLE----------------------

NUSDM 568: Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore

-REGISTRATION_NUMBER       568
-ACRONYM                  NUSDM
-CORRESPONDENT            Bow, Dr. Ho
-FULL_NAME                Department of Microbiology
-INSTITUTION_NAME         National University of Singapore
-ADDRESS                  Lower Kent Ridge Road | Singapore
-COUNTRY                  Singapore
-HOST_DIRECTOR            Bow, Dr. Ho
-HOST_ADDRESS             Lower Kent Ridge Road | Singapore | | | Singapore
-STATUS                   university
-SPONSORS                 Singapore Turf Club
-DIRECTOR                 Ha, Prof. Chan Soh
-CURATORS                 Bow, Dr. Ho ()
-MAIN_SUBJECTS            Industrial microbiology
-MAIN_SUBJECTS            Medical microbiology
-MAIN_SUBJECTS            General microbiology
-CULTURE_HELD             Bacteria (257)
-CULTURE_HELD             Fungi (22)
-DATE_OF_REPLY            12/24/85
-DATE_OF_ENTRY            1/06/84
-FLOPPY_DISKS             N
-TELECOMMUNICATION        N

--------------END OF EXAMPLE-----------------

If the above information is unclear or bugs are detected,
please contact the maintainers of WDC Biogopher at RIKEN, Japan, namely
sugawara@viola.riken.go.jp (Dr H Sugawara) and 
smiyazak@viola.riken.go.jp (Dr S. Miyazaki);
or bchtantw@nuscc.nus.sg (Dr Tan Tin Wee, Biochemistry Dept, National
University of Singapore).



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