Table 1 Online addresses of public collections described at the workshop

Addgene Plasmid Repository

http://www.addgene.org/

Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms

http://bccm.belspo.be/

Belll Museum of Natural History

http://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/

E. coli Genetics Stock Center

http://cgsc.biology.yale.edu/

E. coli Reference Center

http://ecoli.cas.psu.edu

Fungal Genetics Stock Center

http://www.fgsc.net

Fusarium Research Center

http://plantpath.psu.edu/facilities/fusarium-research-center

International Culture Collection of (Vesicular) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

http://invam.wvu.edu/

National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota

https://ncma.bigelow.org/

Phaff Yeast Culture Collection

http://phaffcollection.ucdavis.edu/

PSU Mushroom Spawn Laboratory

http://plantpath.psu.edu/facilities/mushroom

The UC Davis Enology Culture Collection

http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/industry/enology/culture/

USDA ARS Culture Collection

http://nrrl.ncaur.usda.gov/

USDA Forest Service Center for Forest Mycology Research

http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/herbarium_culture_collections/

UTEX Culture Collection of Algae

http://www.utex.org