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Bioprospecting: Discoveries changing the future. House of Representatives Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services, August 2001.

Bull, A. T., Goodfellow, M., and Slater, J. H. (1992). Biodiversity as a source of innovation in biotechnology. Annual Reviews of Microbiology 46 :219-252.

Bull A.T, Ward A. C, Goodfellow M. (2000). Search and discovery strategies for biotechnology: the paradigm shift. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev . 64 : 573-606.

Clutter, M. E. (1995). NSF support of biodiversity. ASM News 61 :319.

Fenner, F. (1990). History of Microbiology in Australia . Australian Society for Microbiology Inc.. Melbourne/Brolga Press, Curtin.

Franco, C., Evans, J. and Gurtler, H. (1997). Outback and beyond. Today's Life Science 9 :14-20.

Hawksworth, D. L. (Ed.). (1991 ). The Biodiversity of Microorganisms and Invertebrates: Its Role in Sustainable Agriculture. CAB International, UK .

Hawksworth, D. L. (1992). Biodiversity in microorganisms and its role in ecosystem function. In O. T. Solbrig, H. M. van Emden, and P. G. W. J. van Oordt (Eds.) Biodiversity and Global Change . IUBS Monograph 8, pp 83-93. International Union of Biological Sciences, Paris .

Hawksworth, D. L. (1994). International initiatives in microbial diversity. In Kirsop, B. and Hawksworth, D. L. (Eds.) The Biodiversity of Microorganisms and the Role of Microbial Resource Centres , pp 65-72. World Federation for Culture Collections.

Hawksworth, D. and Colwell, R. (1992). Biodiversity amongst microorganisms and its relevance . Biodiversity and Conservation 1 :219.

Hocking, A. D. (1989). Australian Federation of Culture Collections. Australian Microbiologist 10 : 31-35.

Information Document on Access to ex-situ Microbial Genetic resources within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. World Federation for Culture Collections. (CBD/UNEP/BIO/COP/3/Infodoc.19)

Kirsop, B. and Hawksworth, D. L. (Eds.). (1994). The Biodiversity of Microorganisms and the Role of Microbial Resource Centres . World Federation for Culture Collections.

Kurtböke, I. and J Swings, J. (eds.) (2004). Microbial Genetic Resources and Biodiscovery.   World Federation for Culture Collections, Egham UK.  ISBN: 0-646-44048-9

OECD . Biological Resource Centres: Underpinning the Future of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy, 2001.

Priorities for Microbial Biodiversity Research. Workshop summary and recommendations. Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University , East Lansing , USA (1995).

Sands, P. (1994). Microbial diversity and the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity. In Kirsop, B. and Hawksworth, D. L. (Eds .) The Biodiversity of Microorganisms and the Role of Microbial Resource Centres , pp 7-27. World Federation for Culture Collections.

Skerman, V. B. D. and Sly, L. I. (1977). Proposal for the Support of Australian National Culture Collections of Microorganisms. A submission to the Australian Science and Technology Council.

Sly, L. I. (1978). The need for a national policy on culture collections in Australia . ASM News No. 9 , 6.

Sly, L. I. (1994). Microorganisms: an essential component of biological diversity . A briefing paper in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity. IUMS/IUBS International Committee on Microbial Diversity.

Sly, L. (1994). Culture collections world-wide. In Kirsop, B. and Hawksworth, D. L. (Eds .) The Biodiversity of Microorganisms and the Role of Microbial Resource Centres , pp 29-35. World Federation for Culture Collections.

Sly, L. I. (1998). Australian Microbial Diversity. Microbiology Australia 19 :27-35.

Sly, L. I. (1998). Australian Microbial Resources: Exploring the need for a priority research program on Australian Microbial Diversity incorporating support for a network of Australian Collections of Microorganisms and genetic resources, and an Australian Microbial Resources Information Network.
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Sly, L. I. (2003). Biological Resources Centres: Essential Infrastructure for the Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Education. Submission to the National Research Infrastructure Taskforce, Department of Education, Science and Training.
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Sly, L.I. (2004).  Australian Microbial Resources Research Network:  Underpinning Biodiversity, Biodiscovery and Biotechnology Research., In I. Kurtböke and J Swings (eds.) Microbial Genetic Resources and Biodiscovery pp 89-105.  World Federation for Culture Collections, Egham UK.

Staley, J. T., Castenholz, R. W., Colwell, R. R., Holt, J. G., Kane, M. D., Pace, N. R., Salyers, A. A., and Tiedje, J. M. (1997). The Microbial World: Foundation of the biosphere . American Academy of Microbiology.

The National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity . Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories, Commonwealth of Australia . 1996.

Tyndale-Biscoe, H. (Ed.) (1992). Australia 's Biota and the National Interest: The role of biological collections. Australian Biologist 5 :1-106.

United Nations Environment Programmme (1992). Convention on Biological Diversity . United Nations Environment Programme Environmental Law and Institutions Programme Activity Centre, Nairobi .