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CABRI Guidelines for Catalogue Production

Guidelines prepared for CABRI by BCCM, CBS, CERDIC, DSMZ, ECACC, HGMP, INRC, MSDN
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Data input & authentication

Flat file preparation

Flat file submission

Data Set	Field Name	Description
MDS	Strain number	Should contain collections' own accession number of the strain.
MDS	Other culture collection numbers	Should contain accession numbers of the strain in other collections. Can not be given if the strain is unique in the collection.
MDS	Restrictions	Should contain: - release conditions/Restrictions - country-specific shipping restrictions - restrictions imposed by the depositor etc...
MDS	Organism type	Should contain: "bacteria" or "archaea".
MDS	Name	Should contain the full scientific name of the strain: - Genus name and species epithet - Subspecies * - Pathovar * - Authors of the name *: only if applicable
MDS	Infrasubspecific names	Should contain: - variety - designation - epithet - authors and reference Does not apply to all strains.
MDS	Status	Should contain the nomenclature status of the strain (like "type", "neotype", etc.) Does not apply to all strains.
MDS	History of deposit	Should contain the history of the element from depositor to isolator. - Name of depositor - Institute of depositor - Name of isolator - Institute of isolator - Names and institutes in between
MDS	Conditions for growth	Should contain: - Culture medium - Atmospheric and light conditions - Temperature conditions
MDS	Form of supply	Should contain the form in which the strain will be sent to the customer.
RDS	Serovar	Should contain the serovar name and author. Required for some medically important species. Does not apply to all strains.
RDS	Other names	Should contain the names used for the strain in the past (not synonyms) that may still be in use. Does not apply to all strains.
RDS	Isolated from	Should contain name of substrate or host from which the strain was isolated.
RDS	Geographic origin	Should contain name of country where strain originated from, followed by details on location.
FDS	Sexual state
RDS	Mutant	Should contain type of mutant if strain is a mutant strain.
RDS	Genotype	Should contain names of chromosomal markers of the strain. Especially recommended for strains of species for which many genetically modified strains exist. Does not apply to all strains.
RDS	Literature	Should contain reference to publication in which the strain is described. Especially recommended for type strains.
FDS	Pathogenicity
FDS	Enzyme production
FDS	Production of metabolites
FDS	Applications
FDS	Catalogue entry
FDS	Remarks
FDS	Price code
FDS	Plasmids