Abstract
Through their long history of public service, diverse microbial Biological Resource Centres (mBRCs) have made myriad contributions to society and science. They have enabled the maintenance of specimens isolated before antibiotics, made available strains showing the development and change of pathogenicity toward animals, humans and plants, and have maintained and provided reference strains to ensure quality and reproducibility of science. However, this has not been achieved without considerable financial commitment. Different collections have unique histories and their support is often tied to their origins. However many collections have grown to serve large constituencies and need to develop novel funding mechanisms. Moreover, several international initiatives have described mBRCs as a factor in economic development and have led to the increased professionalism among mBRCs.
Highlights
The provision of microbial resources for research is recognised as being an essential component in the advancement of the life sciences
Conclusion microbial domain Biological Resource Centre (mBRC) have to take a prominent role in capacity building and ensure a link between research-based collections, the mBRC, and the ultimate user. mBRC need to function as a strategic, national repository for key academic and industrial research resources, which will in turn provide an income stream
Individual mBRCs will need to be flexible in their accession policies to work with others to take in the strains that are described in the scientific literature and are isolated or developed as a result of publicly funded research
Summary
The provision of microbial resources for research is recognised as being an essential component in the advancement of the life sciences. The overall aim is to ensure that microbial resources are made available to the scientific community and the culture collections providing them are supported and sustainable.
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