Country report from Philippines: Updates on Biological Information Management and Human Resource Development in the Philippines

• Main Author: Monsalud, Rosario G.
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Nhà xuất bản Nông Nghiệp 2011
• Subjects: Biological Information Management; Human Resource Development
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/9738
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Culture holdings of the affiliate culture collections of the Philippine Network of Microbial. Culture Collections (PNMCC) slightly increased to 7,796 accessions from the 7,484 accessions reported in 2008. This is with the addition of the collection of the De La Salle University in Manila. The Museum of Natural History (MNH) and the Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms PNCM) had a slight increase in culture holdings but the United Laboratories(UNILAB) collection has decreased from 2046 to now only 1552. The Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI), Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB), University of the Philippines Culture Collection (UPCC) and University of Sto. Tomas (UST) still have the same number of culture holdings reported last year. A total of 1,635 cultures were distributed by the PNMCC affiliate culture collections in 2009 which is 37% higher than in 2008