Research
Free for academic and non-commercial use, the Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) is an internet "resource for comprehensive access to information regarding complete and ongoing genome projects around the world. GOLD provides the largest available and most detailed monitoring of genome sequencing projects." This recently updated database presently contains 173 Published Complete Genomes (including 4 chromosomes, 445 Prokaryotic Ongoing Genomes, and 384 Eukaryotic Ongoing Genomes (including 8 chromosomes). The GOLD search engine allows users to search by Domain, Status, Institution, Phylogeny, and more. This site also contains GOLD-specific Links, related Other Links, and links to References, Statistics, and GOLD News. [NL]
http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/mlsd/micromat/
MICROMAT, supported by the European Commission, "is an academic industrial partnership which aims to improve knowledge of the biodiversity of bacteria, protests, and fungi in Antarctic microbial mats and to test this biodiversity for novel compounds of potential biotechnological use." This MICROMAT website provides links to a summary of the project with listed objectives, relevant Publications, and a map of the area locating and briefly describing the field sites. Of particular interest to researchers are additional links providing access to Project Updates including Main Achievements and Major Scientific Breakthroughs, and names of project Participants with email contact information. The site also includes a short list of relevant sites and links. [NL]
http://mgd.nacse.org/cgi-bin/hyperSQL_gateway?/hyperSQL/herbtype/hsql/nu98search.hsql
Representing the collections of the Oregon State University Herbarium, the Vascular Plants database "provides access to all known vascular plant holotypes (ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms) and isotypes..." all within three herbaria housed at Oregon State University, University of Oregon, and Willamette University. Although the Herbarium collections have a "strong emphasis on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest" their scope is worldwide. The database search engine provides ten fields with pull-down menus including Genus, Species, Authority, County, and more. Furthermore, "searches can be conducted by both basionyms (the original published name) and current names (i.e., the most recent annotation of the type specimen)." Searchers can retrieve from 10 to 5,000 Records/Page. [NL]
http://pir.georgetown.edu/iproclass/
iProClass, a database developed by the Protein Information Resource at Georgetown University Medical Center "is an integrated resource that provides comprehensive family relationships and structural/functional features of proteins." Currently iProClass "consists of non-redundant PIR and SwissProt/TrEMBL proteins organized with more than 36,300 PIR superfamilies, 145,300 families, 7310 domains, 1300 motifs, 280 post-transitional modification sites, and links to over 50 biological databases." Specialized search engines provided at this site include Text Search, BLAST Sequence Search, and Peptide Match. This website links to informative sections about the database including Major Features, Database Access and Usage, Publications, and more. [NL]
http://dictygenome.bcm.tmc.edu/
This website presents the Baylor College of Medicine Dictostelium Genome Sequencing Project. The site provides general background information about the project and the Dictyostelium Genome, however researchers will likely find the Tools for Scientists section of most use. This section includes several links devoted to: Mapping Information, Data Release, and a Preliminary Directory of Dictyostelium Genes version 3(UCSD). Additionally, researchers can link to an overview of Extrachromosomal Elements as well as perform a database search with SDSC Dicty BLAST. This site also provides several links to Other Sequencing Resources and External Sequence Analysis sites. [NL]
http://www.forest.go.th/Botany/BIBLIO/main.htm
Of great use to botanists interested in the flora of Thailand, this website features A Bibliography of Taxonomic Revisions for Vascular Plants in Thailand, compiled by the Forest Herbarium of Thailand. "This bibliography is an up to date compilation regrouping more than 2,500 references of monographs, taxonomic revisions or identification keys of vascular plants found in Thailand." Pteridophytes are listed alphabetically by genera, whereas angiosperms and gymnosperms are listed alphabetically first by families, and then by genera. The bibliography focuses on more "recent works, therefore the vast majority of entries refer to articles from the last fifteen years." [NL]
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/okhotskia/isip/index.htm
This website presents the International Sakhalin Island Project (ISIP), "an international collaboration of American, Russian, and Japanese scientists to survey the plants, insects, spiders, freshwater and terrestrial mollusks, freshwater fishes, amphibians, and reptiles of the Sakhalin Island." The website was developed primarily "to provide easy access to project results and databases, both for participants and other interested scientists." Site visitors can link to the project proposal -- submitted by the University of Washington, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Hokkaido University -- to view text and images describing project Objectives, Rationale and Scope, Anticipated Future Research, and more. Links to project Results are also provided (including ISIP databases, publications, and presentations) and Island Info including sections on Vascular Plants, Stoneflies, Nesting Birds, and many more. Additionally, a very nicely organized photo gallery features maps and many beautiful photographs taken by project participants during collecting expeditions to the island. [NL]
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/moss/Thailand/thailand.htm
This Annotated Checklist and Atlas of the Mosses of Thailand is yet another great research website from the Missouri Botanical Garden. This site "provides up-to-date nomenclature for all published names of Thai mosses through 1996. All accepted taxa are provided with information on synonyms, illustrations, habitats,..." and distribution. Additionally, simple maps show the provincial distribution for each accepted species. Featured links in the Table of Contents include A Complete Catalogue of Thai Mosses, Systematic Arrangement of Genera, A List of Accepted Species, Literature Cited, and more. [NL]
