Deposit of microbial strains in public service collections as part of the publication process to underpin good practice in science

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Stackebrandt, Erko ^a   Smith, David ^b   Casaregola, Serge ^c   Varese, Giovanna Cristina ^d   Verkleij, Gerard ^e   Lima, Nelson ^f   Bridge, Paul ^b  

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

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological resource centres; Credibility of science; Deposition 'key' criteria; Deposition policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903982587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-208     Document Type: Article

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