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Yeast culture collections in the twenty‐first century: new opportunities and challenges
Author(s) -
BoundyMills Kyria L.,
Glantschnig Ewald,
Roberts Ian N.,
Yurkov Andrey,
Casaregola Serge,
Daniel HeideMarie,
Groenewald Marizeth,
Turchetti Benedetta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
yeast
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.923
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1097-0061
pISSN - 0749-503X
DOI - 10.1002/yea.3171
Subject(s) - biology , convention on biological diversity , yeast , convention , intellectual property , diversity (politics) , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , genetics , biodiversity , political science , law
The twenty‐first century has brought new opportunities and challenges to yeast culture collections, whether they are long‐standing or recently established. Basic functions such as archiving, characterizing and distributing yeasts continue, but with expanded responsibilities and emerging opportunities. In addition to a number of well‐known, large public repositories, there are dozens of smaller public collections that differ in the range of species and strains preserved, field of emphasis and services offered. Several collections have converted their catalogues to comprehensive databases and synchronize them continuously through public services, making it easier for users worldwide to locate a suitable source for specific yeast strains and the data associated with these yeasts. In‐house research such as yeast taxonomy continues to be important at culture collections. Because yeast culture collections preserve a broad diversity of species and strains within a species, they are able to make discoveries in many other areas as well, such as biotechnology, functional, comparative and evolution genomics, bioprocesses and novel products. Due to the implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol (NP), there are new requirements for both depositors and users to ensure that yeasts were collected following proper procedures and to guarantee that the country of origin will be considered if benefits arise from a yeast's utilization. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are extremely relevant to the current access and benefit‐sharing (ABS) mechanisms; most research and development involving genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge will be subject to this topic. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.