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A plea to preserve microbial diversity in public microbial resource centres
BEcker, Pierre; Chaerle, Peter; Hendrickx, Marijke et al.
20192019 Symposium of the Belgian Society for Microbiology, “Microbes without Frontiers”
 

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Keywords :
Culture collections; Microbial ressources; Open Science; Deposit
Abstract :
[en] Open science aims at sharing scientific output in order to maximize the impact of research. This allows follow-on studies, facilitates new discoveries, improves reproducibility of experiments and favours transparency of results. Although open data is becoming a well-known concept, less attention is given to the availability of research materials. In life sciences, public microbial collections represent an historical example of open science, thanks to their longstanding experience in the preservation of living microbial strains and their distribution for further scientific investigations or development. These microbial resource centres provide well-characterized, quality-controlled and authenticated strains and associated data (1). In microbiology, the diversity of bacteria, fungi and algae is an invaluable source of applications for the bio-industry. It needs to be secured following (inter)national legislations for future utilizations and research questions. The responsibility to make microorganisms available is shared by researchers, funding agencies and publishers (1). Microbiologists need to be more aware towards strain conservation. Governmental funding policies should request the deposit of strains isolated during financed projects. Regarding publishers, most journals encourage authors to deposit their datasets (codes, sequences, etc) in public repositories but very few specifically require deposit of biological material and cultivated strains in scientific collections. However, this is a key prerequisite to “make it possible to repeat the experiments and perform future research”(2). Editors should therefore implement mechanisms for active agreement by authors to deposit strains when submitting an article. Such mechanisms could follow Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines (3) for journals that include standards for research materials.
Research center :
CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
BEcker, Pierre
Chaerle, Peter
Hendrickx, Marijke
Vyverman, Wim
Ahn, Anne-Catherine ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Bosschaerts, Marleen
Daniel, Heide_Marie
Hellemans, Ann
Olbrechts, Anneleen
Rigouts, Leen
Wilmotte, Annick  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Language :
English
Title :
A plea to preserve microbial diversity in public microbial resource centres
Alternative titles :
[en] Un plaidoyer pour préserver la diversité microbienne dans des centres publics de ressources microbiennes
Publication date :
18 October 2019
Number of pages :
Poster
Event name :
2019 Symposium of the Belgian Society for Microbiology, “Microbes without Frontiers”
Event organizer :
Belgian Society for Microbiology, National Committee for Microbiology
Event place :
Brussels, Belgium
Event date :
18 octobre 2019
Audience :
International
Name of the research project :
Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms (BCCM)
Funders :
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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