References

Amann, R. I. , Ludwig, W. and Schleifer, K. H. (1995). Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation. Microbiological Reviews 59 :143-169.

Barns, S. M., Delwiche, C. F., Palmer, J. D. and Pace, N. R. (1996). Perspectives on archaeal diversity, thermophily and monophyly from environmental rRNA sequences. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93 :9188-9193.

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.

Fungi of Australia , Vols. 1a, 1b, 2a. Australian Biological Resources Study/CSIRO.

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.

Hugenholtz, P. and Pace, N. R. (1996). Identifying microbial diversity in the natural environment: a molecular phylogenetic approach. TIBTECH. 14:190-197.

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.

Liesack, W. and Stackebrandt, E. (1992). Occurrence of novel groups of the domain Bacteria as revealed by analysis of genetic material isolated from an Australian terrestrial environment. J. Bacteriol . 174:5072-5078.

Miller, J. and Moran, J. (1996). An evaluation of the disease diagnostic capabilities of Australian plant industries. Final Report, RIRDC Project No. DAV 107A.

Nisbet, L. J. (1992). Useful functions of microbial metabolites. CIBA-Foundation Symposium 171 :215-225.

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.

Olsen, G. J., Woese, C. R. and Overbeek, R. C. (1994). The winds of (evolutionary) change: breathing new life into microbiology. J. Bacteriol . 176:1-6.

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

Rogers, J. E. and Whitman, W. B. (1991). Microbial production and consumption of greenhouse gases: methane, nitrogen oxides, and halomethanes . American Society for Microbiology, Washington , D.C.

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.
View PDF

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.
View PDF

Stackebrandt, E., Liesack, W., and Goebel, B. M. (1993). Bacterial diversity in a soil sample from a subtropical Australian environment as determined by 16S rDNA analysis. The FASEB Journal 7 :232-236.

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.

Sugawara, H., Ma, J., Miyazaki , S., Shimura, J., and Takishima, Y. (1993 ). World Directory of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms . Fourth edition. World Federation for Culture Collections World Data Centre on Microorganisms, Saitama.

Supardiyono, E. K. and Smith, D. (1997). Technical report: Microbial diversity: ex situ conservation of Indonesian microorganisms. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 13 :359-361.

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 .

Ward, D. M., Weller, R. and Bateson, M. M. (1990). 16S rRNA sequences reveal numerous uncultured microorganisms in a natural community. Nature ( London ) 345 :63-65.

Woese, C. R. (1987). Bacterial evolution. Microbiological Reviews . 51 :221-271.