Accessing Biological Resources
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Guide to the Deposit of Microorganisms under the Budapest Treaty (WIPO)
- National Biodiversity Authority, India (NBA)
- The Access and Benefit Sharing Clearing House (ABSCH)
- The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)
- World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
- World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)
Transporting Biological Resources
- Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures (GMPP)
- Guidance on regulations for the Transport of Infectious Substances (WHO)
- Infectious Substances Shipping Guidelines (IATA)
- The Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity (ABSA)
Microbial Taxonomy and Systematics