Survey on microbial culture collections

[SUGAWARA Hideaki]

Dear Sir/Madame,

WFCC-MIRCEN(*) World Data Centre for Microorganisms
now carries out survey on microbial culture collections.
The Centre already sent out questionnaires to 495 collections
in 52 countries for the update of the on-line directory
of collections, CCINFO.

I would like to cordially invite you to visit the database
CCINFO at http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp. Would you please let me know:
- if you have collections new to CCINFO
- if you know collections new to CCINFO
- if you find errors in CCINFO
?

Thank you very much for your cooperation in advance.

(*) WFCC: World Federation for Culture Collections
   MIRCEN: Microbial Resources Centers Network

Sincerely yours,
Hideaki SUGAWARA
Director
WFCC-MIRCEN World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
Center for Information Biology
National Institute of Genetics
1111 Yata, Mishima
Shizuoka 411
Japan
FAX +81-559-81-6896
E-mail hsugawar at genes.nig.ac.jp