ABSTRACT
CONTENTS 32.1 Fungal Genetics Stock Center .................................................................................................. 527
32.1.1 Introduction and History ........................................................................................... 527 32.1.2 Strains ........................................................................................................................ 528 32.1.3 Strain Distribution ..................................................................................................... 531 32.1.4 Molecular Materials .................................................................................................. 532 32.1.5 Information Resources .............................................................................................. 533
32.2 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................. 534 References ........................................................................................................................................... 535
The Fungal Genetics Stock Center (FGSC) was established in 1960 at Dartmouth College following a survey carried out by the Committee on the Maintenance of Genetic Stocks of the Genetics Society of America, which recommended that a repository be established to protect strains of Neurospora and other important fi lamentous fungi.1 According to the Aspergillus Newsletter, there were about a dozen research laboratories working with Aspergillus at the time. The FGSC has supported these and other labs by holding and distributing strains of Aspergillus and, in recent years, molecular materials to work with Aspergillus.
