The European Culture Collections' Organisation (ECCO) is a
Europe
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an non-profit organisation which promotes the collaboration and exchange of ideas and information on all aspects of culture collection activity. Corporate members of ECCO are
microbial resource centres of countries with microbiological societies affiliated to the
Federation of the European Microbiological Societies (FEMS).
History
The organisation of the European Culture Collections' Organisation (ECCO) was established in 1981.
See also
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American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
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World Federation for Culture Collections
The World Federation for Culture Collections is an international body formed under the umbrella of the International Union of Biological Sciences and a Federation within the International Union of Microbiological Societies.
The WFCC operates as ...
Sources
ECCO* B. E. Kirsop, C. P. Kurtzman, T. Nakase, D. Yarrow, ''Living Resources for Biotechnology : Yeasts'', 1988, p. 208
* D. L. Hawksworth, B. E. Kirsop, S. C. Jong, ''Filamentous Fungi (Living Resources for Biotechnology)'', 1988, pp. 182–183
External links
ECCO
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Culture
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...
Culture collections
Microbiology organizations
Pan-European scientific societies