Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!bionet!com.qz.se!P2269 From: P2269@com.qz.se ("ENG-LEONG FOO ", MIRCEN-STOCKHOLM) Newsgroups: bionet.technology.conversion Subject: MIRCEN: World Data Center (WDC) Message-ID: <8904282205.AA09597@net.bio.net> Date: 28 Apr 89 08:42:00 GMT Sender: daemon@NET.BIO.NET Reply-To: "Anaerobic Digestion (MIRCEN) Technical" , Bioconversion STOCKHOLM Lines: 41 From: Eng-leong Foo, MIRCEN-Stockholm WDC is a member of the MIRCEN network in Environmental, Applied Microbiological and Biotechnological Research. WDC was relocated to RIKEN (Life Science Research Information Section, Inst of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan) in 1986 from the University of Queensland (Australia) (also a MIRCEN) and its data managed in the LSRIS minicomputer. WDC serves as an information center which supports the culture collections and their users. The primary tasks of WDC are: 1. Publication of the description of culture collections 2. Production of a species-oriented directory (other tasks are performed based on necessity and available resources). Data activities of WDC ---------------------- INFORMATION COLLECTION: Primary data sources for WDC are the culture collections. WDC collects, updates data from 327 culture collections in 55 countries and tries to reach other non-affiliated culture collections for collaboration and information exchange. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION: WDC users all text-based communication media; - postal mail (RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan) - telex (02962818 RIKEN J) - cable (RIKAGAKUINST) - facsimile (0484-64-5651) - online search (DTE 44014384135) - email (Dialcom 42: CDT0007) - publications (note: RIKEN can also be reached via JUNET through Dr. Hideaki Sugawara as DATA CONTENTS: The core data of the WDC is on culture collections and their holdings and, e.g. enable online users to search for a specific species or strain (bacteria, yeast, fungi, cell lines, algae, protozoa, lichens, viruses, others).