Full Length Research Paper

KACC: An identification and characterization for microbial resources in Korea

ChangKug Kim¹, YoungAh Jeon², GyuTaek Cho³, SoonWoo Kwon², JangHo Hahn¹ and SeungBeom Hong²*

¹Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (NIAB), Suwon 441-707, Korea.

²Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC), NIAB, Suwon 441-707, Korea.

³Genetic Resources Div., NIAB, Suwon 441-707, Korea.

*Corresponding author: E-mail sbhong@rda.go.kr.

Accepted 16 September, 2008

Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC) is an authorized organizer and the official depository for microbial resources in Korea. The KACC has developed a web-based database system to provide integrated information about microbial resources. It includes not only simple text information on individual microbe but also morphological images and DNA sequence data for the strain. The KACC now provides the characterization information which maintains 7,433 cultures of microorganisms including 2,687 strains of bacteria, 3535 fungi, 476 actinomycetes, 64 yeasts, and 671 others (mushrooms, gene clones, etc).

Key words: KACC, microorganism database, strain information.