Country Report from Korea:Current Status and Future Plan of KCTC/BRC
The largest and oldest culture collection in Korea, Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) has three functions as follows. 1) We carry out the collection and preserv ation of core biological resources from home and abroad, offering public support by distributing biological resources to ac...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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NXB Nông Nghiệp
2011
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Online Access: | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/9736 |
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Institution: | Vietnam National University, Hanoi |
Language: | English |
Summary: | The largest and oldest culture collection in Korea, Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC)
has three functions as follows. 1) We carry out the collection and preserv
ation of core biological
resources from home and abroad, offering public support by distributing biological resources to
academia, industry, and research institutions, and organizing patent strain deposit. Especially, we
were designated as an International
Depositary Authority (IDA) under Budapest Treaty by World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Now we can manage about 17 kinds of biological
resources including bacteria, yeast, fungi, algae, animal and plant viruses, embryos, animal and
plant cell
cultures, seeds, RNA and etc. We manage about 18,000 biological resources including
patent strains. Every year over 1,500 strains are newly added to KCTC. We also distribute more
than 5,000 strains every year to home and abroad. 2) We develop the platform
technology for the
screening, identification and preservation of useful biological resources. We publish more than
40 papers concerning biological resources. Since 1997, we reported more than 150 new species.
Last year, KCTC was cited by over 160 papers i
n PubMed search. 3) We are trying to construct
on local and international network for biological resources and related information, and support
workshops, conferences, and consultation, etc. |
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