CABI has been involved in identifying and combatting emerging fungal disease of plants for over 100 years and in doing so has built a wealth of resources to support farmers and practitioners in reducing crop loss. CABI does not achieve this alone - being an international, inter-governmental,...
Author(s)
Smith, D.; Casey, J.; Ryan, M. J.; Offord, L.; Rendell-Dunn, A.; Reeder, R.
Publisher
CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia
Citation
Microbiology Australia, 2022, 43, 4, pp 160-164
This chapter provides information on the status quo of molecular assessment of prokaryotes, fungi and yeast. The recent developments in sequencing approaches to assess the diversity of cultured and not-as-yet-cultured organisms and metagenomes, together with the most widely applied algorithms for...
Author(s)
Bridge, P.; Stackebrandt, E.; Smith, D.
ISBN
2021 CABI (H ISBN 9781789244984)
It is critical that storage of the living reference strains, on which the names and properties are based and the DNA sequenced to assign a name (the reference genetic resources), are preserved optimally to retain stability. The fact that less than 1% of microbial diversity can be grown sets...
Author(s)
Smith, D.; Bussas, V.
ISBN
2021 CABI (H ISBN 9781789244984)
In order to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation, genetic resources used in research and development must be collected and utilised in compliance with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS). By July 2020, 67 countries had legislation in...
Author(s)
Tang Rui; Weyl, P.; Hinz, H.; Zhang Feng; Smith, D.
Publisher
Guangdong Provincial Association for Science & Technology, Guangzhou, China
Citation
Journal of Environmental Entomology, 2021, 43, 5, pp 1154-1161
The microbiome research field is rapidly evolving, but the required biobanking infrastructure is currently fragmented and not prepared for the biobanking of microbiomes. The rapid advancement of technologies requires an urgent assessment of how biobanks can underpin research by preserving...
Author(s)
Ryan, M. J.; Schloter, M.; Berg, G.; Kostic, T.; Kinkel, L. L.; Eversole, K.; Macklin, J. A.; Schelkle, B.; Kazou, M.; Sarand, I.; Singh, B. K.; Fischer, D.; Maguin, E.; Ferrocino, I.; Lima, N.; McClure, R. S.; Charles, T. C.; Souza, R. S. C. de; Sessitsch, A.; Kiran, G. S.; Krug, H. L.; Taffner, J.; Roume, H.; Selvin, J.; Smith, D.; Rybakova, D.
Publisher
Elsevier, Oxford, UK
Citation
Trends in Microbiology, 2021, 29, 2, pp 89-92
This chapter summarizes the relevance of the Convention on Biodiversity to biological control and the implications for biological control, identifies what is Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) and how it is currently practised, highlights the public good and commercial aspects of biological control,...
Author(s)
Mason, P. G.; Klapwijk, J. N.; Smith, D.
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing, Clayton, Australia
Citation
Biological control: global impacts, challenges and future directions of pest management, 2021, pp 197-219
As the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) was reached, CABI reviewed its benefit sharing activities. CABI published its Nagoya Protocol Access and Benefit Sharing Policy online (CABI 2018a) and took a position to share benefits whether the...
Author(s)
Smith, D.; Ryan, M. J.; Luke, B.; Djeddour, D.; Seier, M. K.; Varia, S.; Pollard, K. M.; Pratt, C. F.; Kurose, D.; Shaw, R. H.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Working Paper, 2021, 25, pp 33 pp.
Well-managed genetic resources and associated metadata are essential to underpin research addressing the challenges to food security, healthcare, climate change, biodiversity, environment, education and our bio-based economy. Culture collections have supported microbiology research for over 100...
Author(s)
Smith, D.; Kermode, A.; Cafà, G.; Buddie, A. G.; Caine, T. S.; Ryan, M. J.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2020, 1, 2, pp (23 June 2020)
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol establish that genetic resources shall be accessed only upon the existence of prior informed consent of the country that provides those resources and that benefits arising from their utilization shall be shared. Pursuant to both...
Author(s)
Silvestri, L.; Sosa, A.; Mc Kay, F.; Vitorino, M. D.; Hill, M.; Zachariades, C.; Hight, S.; Weyl, P.; Smith, D.; Djeddour, D.; Mason, P. G.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
BioControl, 2020, 65, 2, pp 125-141
The European Culture Collections' Organisation presents two new model documents for Material Deposit Agreement (MDA) and Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) designed to enable microbial culture collection leaders to draft appropriate agreement documents for, respectively, deposit and supply of...
Author(s)
Verkley, G.; Perrone, G.; Piña, M.; Scholz, A. H.; Overmann, J.; Zuzuarregui, A.; Perugini, I.; Turchetti, B.; Hendrickx, M.; Stacey, G.; Law, S.; Russell, J.; Smith, D.; Lima, N.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Citation
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2020, 367, 5,