Microbial Resource Conservation: Conventional to Modern Approaches

1. Microbial Genetic Resources: Status, Conservation, Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Regulations.- 2. Concept of Microbial Preservation: Past, Present and Future.- 3. Establishment and Management of Culture Collections of Microorganisms (mBRC): An Overview.- 4. Specialized Microbial Resource Centres: A Driving Force of the Growing Bioeconomy.- 5. Agricultural Microbial Genetic Resources: Application and Preservation at Microbial Resource Centres (mBRCs).- 6. Rhizobia: Culture Collections, Identification and Methods of Preservation.- 7. Biobank for Conservation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi.- 8. Conservation of Fungi: A Review on Conventional Approaches.- 9. Veterinary Type Cultures and their Preservation: Status and Challenges.- 10. Biodiversity Conservation of Phages and Microbial Populations.- 11. Modern Immunochemical Approaches in Microbiology.- 12. Conservation and Application of Microalgae for Biofuel Production.- 13. Desert Truffles in Saudi Arabia: Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation.- 14. Maintenance, Conservation and Regulation of Microbial Resources for Defense Applications.- 15. Diversity, Ecology and Conservation of Fungal and Bacterial Endophytes.- 16. Archaea: Ecology, Application and Conservation.