Appendix: relevant websites

 

General topics

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM): http://www.asm.org

• American Tissue Culture Collection (ATCC): http://www.atcc.org

• Animal diseases: http://www.oie.int

• Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: http://www.clsi.org

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov

• Society for Applied Microbiology: http://www.sfam.org.uk

• Society for General Microbiology: http://www.sgm.ac.uk

Genomic analysis

• Bacterial genome listing: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome

• BLAST alignment tool: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST

• In silico simulation of molecular biology experiments: http://insilico.ehu.es

• J. Craig Venter Institute (formerly TIGR): http://www.jcvi.org/

• Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes: http://www.genome.jp/kegg

• Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST): http://www.mlst.net

• Ribosomal Database Project: http://rdp.cme.msu.edu

Bacteriology

• American Society for Microbiology, Approved Lists of Bacterial Names: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK815

• Collection of bacterial taxonomic and genomic information at PathoSystems Resource Integration Center: http://patricbrc.vbi.vt.edu/portal/portal/patric/Home

• List of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature: http://www.bacterio.net/

• Up-to-date information on prokaryotic nomenclature: http://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/pnu/bacterial_nomenclature_mm.php

• Taxonomic outlines for Bergey's Manual, Volumes 3, 4 and 5: http://www.bergeys.org/outlines.html

• European platform for the responsible use of medicines in animals: http://www.epruma.eu/

• The European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility testing: http://www.eucast.org/

Mycology

• Index Fungorum, names of fungi: http://www.indexfungorum.org/

• MycoBank, fungal database with a remit to document mycological nomenclatural novelties and their associated descriptions and illustrations: http://www.mycobank.org/

• ViralZone: http://viralzone.expasy.org/

Virology

• European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) with useful review articles on infectious diseases of cats: http://www.abcd-vets.org/

• International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) with latest information on viral nomenclature: http://ictvonline.org/virusTaxonomy.asp?bhcp=1

Infectious diseases

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA): https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

• European Food Safety Authority, Biohazard Panel. Many useful documents on selected zoonoses: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/panels/biohaz.htm

• Fact files on infectious diseases of animals at Center for Food Security and Public Health, Iowa State University: http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/DiseaseInfo/index.php

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN-FAO): http://www.fao.org/

• Material safety data sheets, Canadian Laboratory Center for Disease Control: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/index-eng.php

• ProMED mail, a global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases, maintained by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID): http://www.promedmail.org

• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)

• Useful information on infectious disease occurrence: http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home

• Online manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for animals: http://www.oie.int/en/international-standard-setting/terrestrial-manual/access-online/

• World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/