Microbial Resources

<p>SECTION 1: ECOLOGY, BIOLOGY AND TAXONOMY<br>1. Planctomycetes – New Models for Microbial Cells and Activities<br>2. A Flavor of Prokaryotic Taxonomy: Systematics Revisited<br>3. Bioactive Actinomycetales: Reaching Rarity through Sound Understanding in Selectivity</p> <p>SECTION 2: SUSTAINABLE USE OF MICROBIAL RESOURCES<br>4. Microbial Resources for Global Sustainability<br>5. Modern Natural Products Drug Discovery and its Relevance to Biodiversity Conservation<br>6. Hydrocarbon-Oxidizing Bacteria and Their Potential in Eco-Biotechnology and Bioremediation</p> <p>SECTION 3: BIODISCOVERY AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS<br>7. An Overview of the Industrial Aspects of Antibiotic Discovery<br>8. Accessing Marine Microbial Diversity for Drug Discovery<br>9. Cryptic Pathways and Implications for Novel Drug Discovery</p> <p>SECTION 4: CULTURE COLLECTIONS: ACCESSION INTO AND PRESERVATION OF MICROBIAL GENETIC RESOURCES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS <br>10. The Nagoya Protocol Applied to Microbial Genetic Resources<br>11. Fungal Genetic Resources for Biotechnology<br>12. Industrial Culture Collections: Gateways from Microbial Diversity to Applications</p> <p>SECTION 5: CULTURE COLLECTIONS: IP, DEPOSIT, QUALITY CONTROL, TRANSPORT AND SAFETY ASPECTS<br>13. An Overview of Biological Resource Center-Maintenance of Microbial Resources and Their Management<br>14. Ip and the Budapest Treaty - Deposit Of Biological Material for Patent Purposes<br>15. Biosafety, Transport and Related Legislation Concerning Microbial Resources - An Overview </p>