The role of informatics in the coordinated management of biological resources collections

Applied Bioinformatics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-186

  Romano, Paolo ^a   Kracht, Manfred ^b   Manniello, Maria Assunta ^a   Stegehuis, Gerrit ^c   Fritze, Dagmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, GENETIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 27344435089     PISSN: 11755636     EISSN: 11755636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00822942-200594030-00002     Document Type: Review

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