Collaborative Research: CSBR: Ownership Transfer: Living Stocks: International Culture Collection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM)

合作研究：CSBR：所有权转让：活畜：丛枝菌根真菌国际菌种保藏中心 (INVAM)

• 批准号: 2026879
• 负责人: Matthew Kasson
• 金额: $ 15.68万
• 依托单位: West Virginia University Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2026879&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CSBR; Ownership; Transfer

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are soil fungi that associate with plant roots and improve resource uptake of the majority of plant species, including most crop plants. They also impact plant defenses and build soil quality. The functioning of AM fungi varies tremendously between species and isolates. As a result, studies of AM fungi can improve management of agriculture, grasslands and forests. Progress in understanding the importance and optimal management of AM fungi depends upon tests of AM fungi cultures. Unfortunately, few researchers have the expertise or facilities necessary to develop or maintain their own AM fungal cultures, and therefore the availability of cultures can limit scientific progress. This project will enable the study of this important group of soil fungi through support of a culture collection called the International culture collection of (Vesicular) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM). This is the largest culture collection of this type of fungi in the world and includes hundreds of individual isolates. This collection will enable advancement of knowledge on AM fungal biology, genetics, ecology, and taxonomy, as well as applications of AM fungi for commercial purposes. This project will also promote the exploration of science by the private sector and by students of all ages and abilities. The project will develop modules on experimentation using INVAM cultures that support the K-12 Next Generation Life Science Standards. Standards related to plant growth, soil health and the importance of biodiversity can all be supported by the collection.INVAM has been the largest provider of cultures to the scientific community and has been the primary resource for identification of AM fungal species. INVAM maintains the largest number of reference cultures, cultures that are linked to a library of voucher specimens and to species descriptions. These reference cultures are a critical resource for the development and testing of new approaches to environmental sequencing, a potentially powerful method to study patterns of AM fungi in the field. The project will maximize the value of the reference cultures through sequencing efforts. The core mission of INVAM is to preserve accessions and provide living cultures to the user community. INVAM also provides comprehensive information on collection protocols and policies, methodology, taxonomy, and a searchable database for accessions and active/stored cultures via the INVAM website. Users include teachers and students from high schools through graduate programs at universities, researchers, and industry clients. Stocks include representatives of 95 AM fungal species, and high value germ plasm including strains used for genome projects and strains known to be highly effective as mycorrhizal symbionts. Dr. Joseph Morton, who built and curated INVAM since 1990, retired in 2017. This project secures the future of the INVAM collections by moving it to the University of Kansas. The move occurs in phases through the duration of the project to ensure culture viability.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

羊膜菌根（AM）真菌是土壤真菌，与植物根部相关并改善了包括大多数农作物在内的大多数植物物种的资源吸收。它们还影响植物防御并建立土壤质量。 AM真菌的功能在物种和分离株之间差异很大。结果，对AM真菌的研究可以改善农业，草原和森林的管理。理解AM真菌的重要性和最佳管理方面的进展取决于对AM真菌培养物的测试。不幸的是，很少有研究人员拥有开发或维护自己的AM真菌文化所需的专业知识或设施，因此文化的可用性可以限制科学进步。该项目将通过支持（囊泡）弧形菌根真菌（Invam）的国际培养物收藏的培养物收藏的培养物收藏来实现这一重要的土壤真菌。 这是世界上这种真菌的最大培养物收藏，其中包括数百种单独的分离株。 该集合将使关于AM真菌生物学，遗传学，生态学和分类学以及AM真菌应用于商业目的的知识发展。该项目还将促进私营部门以及各个年龄段和能力的学生对科学的探索。该项目将使用支持K-12下一代生命科学标准的Invam文化进行实验模块。与植物生长，土壤健康和生物多样性的重要性有关的标准都可以得到该系列的支持。INVAM一直是科学界的最大文化提供者，并且一直是鉴定AM真菌物种的主要资源。 Invam保持了最多的参考文化，与代金券标本库相关的培养物以及与物种描述有关。这些参考文化是开发和测试环境测序方法的关键资源，这是研究该领域AM真菌模式的潜在强大方法。该项目将通过测序工作最大化参考文化的价值。 Invam的核心使命是为用户社区保留配件并提供生活文化。 Invam还通过Invam网站提供了有关收集协议和政策，方法，分类学和可搜索数据库的全面信息。用户通过大学，研究人员和行业客户的研究生课程包括来自高中的教师和学生。库存包括95 AM真菌物种的代表，以及高价值种系等高价值等血浆，包括用于基因组项目的菌株和已知为Mycorrhizal Symbionts高效的菌株。约瑟夫·莫顿（Joseph Morton）博士自1990年以来建立并策划了Invam，于2017年退休。该项目通过将其移至堪萨斯大学来确保Invam收藏的未来。 此举在整个项目的持续时间内分为阶段，以确保文化可行性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来评估值得支持的。