Fungi collections

The fungi are classified broadly into the lower fungi, collectively known as Phycomycetes, and the higher fungi, described by the classes Ascomy-cetes, Deuteromycetes and Basidiomycetes. The classification is indistinct some taxonomists argue that the Phycomycetes are not true fungi. 

Petch T. New species of fungi, collected during the Whitby foray. Naturalist (Lond) 1931 101-103, 1931. 

Namikoshi M, Kobayashi H, Yoshimoto T, Meguro S, Akano K (2000) Isolation and Characterization of Bioactive Metabolites from Marine-Derived Eilamentous Fungi Collected from Tropical and Sub-Tropical Coral Reefs. Chem Pharm Bull 48 ... 

Substances Isolated from Fungi Collected from the Surface of the Sea... 

Micro-organisms (Figure 1), bacteria, moulds and yeasts, collectively known as fungi, are minute living entities, too small to be seen with the unaided eye. 

The focus of this chapter is the development of a technique often called wholecell matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) or whole-cell MALDI-TOF MS. Some groups prefer to use terms such as intact or unprocessed rather than whole, but the intended meaning is the same regardless of which word is used. As noted in the first chapter of this book, there are many different methods for the analysis of bacteria. However, for the analysis of intact or unprocessed bacteria, whole-cell MALDI-TOF MS is the most commonly used approach. This method is very rapid. MALDI-TOF MS analysis of whole cells takes only minutes because the samples can be analyzed directly after collection from a bacterial culture suspension. Direct MALDI MS analysis of fungi or viruses is similar in approach1,2 but is not covered in this chapter. MALDI-TOF MS of whole cells was developed with very rapid identification or differentiation of bacteria in mind. The name (whole cell) should not be taken to imply that the cells are literally intact or whole. Rather, it should be taken to mean that the cells that have not been treated or processed in any way specifically for the removal or isolation of any cellular components from any others. In whole-cell analysis the cells have been manipulated only as necessary to... 

Culture Collection of Pathogenic Fungi and Actinomycetes (Chiba University Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses). 

United Kingdom National Culture Collection (UKNCC) CABI, CCAP (fungi), CCAP (marine), ECACC, NCIMB, NCTC, NCPF, NCPPB, NCWRF, NCYC, NCPV - Strain databases. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, LAM Culture Collection. 

The results of an antitumor screen are summarized in Table 8.1. The attrition table summarizes the results from 338,072 samples tested against tumor cells derived from soft tissue sarcomas. Given that the samples included one combinatorial collection with approximately 1.5 million compounds and that each natural product extract most likely contained 100 or more, the total number of compounds tested in this screen exceeded 5 million. As shown in the first column of Table 8.1, the samples were from 11 collections composed of single synthetics, compounds synthesized by combinatorial chemistries, and purified natural products and extracts. The natural products were derived from microorganisms (actinomyces and fungi), plants, and marine invertebrates. 

Abstract Recent chemical studies on the marine soft corals and terrestrial plants have lesnlted in the isolation of several novel componnds. The soft corals, Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae and Cladiella species yielded several novel terpenoids, exhibiting antimicrobial activities. New steroids were isolated from terrestrial fungi, Mucor plumbeus and Coprims micaceus. Phytochemical studies on the Buxus hyrcana, collected from Iran, have yielded steroidal bases. This revdew describes the new natiual products exhibiting different bioactivities from the aforementioned sources. 

Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms BCCM www.bccm.belspo.be Bacteria, Fungi Yeasts DNA... 

American Type Culture Collection ATCC www.atcc.org Bacteria, fungi, yeasts, cell lines, DNA, viruses, Archaea... 

Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures CBS www.cbs.knaw.nl Fungi, yeasts, CBS also host NCCB (Netherlands Bacterial Culture Collection)... 

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