Information

Information:

The Pseudomonas Genetic Stock Center is a collection of strains derived from the prototrophic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1. Originally created and housed at Monash University in Victoria, Australia, selected strains from this collection have been transferred to the Biotechnology Program at the East Carolina University School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. The collections founder, Dr. Bruce Holloway at Monash University, and its new holder, Dr. Paul V. Phibbs at East Carolina University, have overseen this transition. The site also houses a collection of PAO-specific bacteriophages and a cosmid library derived at Monash from the prototrophic strain PAO1293. With the help of the World Wide Web we are now able to let you tour the collection from the comfort of your personal computer.

In this site, you can:

1. Search the strain database by strain number or genotype.

2. View a listing of transducing phages available from this site.

3. Search a database of cosmids known to complement certain genetic markers.

4. Search a database of Genetic Markers adapted from Dr. Bruce Holloway's latest mapping paper (see instructions for complete reference) and use your results to search the strain and/or cosmid database.

5. Request that a specific strain, phage, or cosmid be shipped to your laboratory.

6. Communicate with the curator of the collection at East Carolina University to get more information.

For further information on using this site, see the Instruction pages.

Thank you for visiting the Pseudomonas Genetic Stock Center.

Paul V. Phibbs, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Biotechnology Program
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
(252) 744-3129 Phone
(252) 744-3535 Fax
phibbspa@mail.ecu.edu.