Useful Internet Resources for Microbial Biotechnology

We thank the developers and maintainers of the following Internet Resources, some of which are linked to in the EAWAG-BBD, and all of which may provide useful information to EAWAG-BBD users.

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• Chemical Compounds
• Enzymes and their Genes
• Metabolic Pathways
• Microorganisms
• Scientific Literature and Related Information
• Biodegradation and Biotechnology in General

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Chemical Compounds

• EPA PBT Profiler: Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Profiles Estimated for Organic Chemicals On-Line
• Extension Toxicology Network at Oregon State University
• National Pesticide Information Center, Oregon State University
• Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Pesticide Properties Database
• University of Hertfordshire Pesticide Properties Database
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Structure Index from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Search the EPA Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI)
• EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
  • Pesticide Fact Sheets
• IPCS INCHEM: Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
• National Toxicology Program
  • Search NTP Databases
• National Library of Medicine's TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs
• Hazardous Substances Information System from the Australian Safety and Compensation Council
• Environmental Fate Database from SRC
• Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site
  • Chemical Profiles
• Compendium of Pesticide Common Names by Alan Wood
• UK Pesticides Safety Directorate
• OSHA Chemical Sampling Information
• Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) at EBI, UK
• PubChem, NCBI, NLM, NIH
• ChemSpider: Search and share chemistry
• Molecular Models by Dr. Dave Woodcock
• Organic Compounds Database at Colby College, Maine
• IUPAC Goldbook: Compendium of Chemical Terminology
• ZINC: a free database of commercially-available compounds, from UCSF
• Online Chemical Database
• NIST Chemical WebBook from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Chemical Information Page at the National Library of Medicine
• CACTUS Online SMILES Translator from the National Cancer Institute

Enzymes and their Genes

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme Database at EBI
• Ligand Chemical Database at Kyoto University
• ExPASy ENZYME Database at the University of Geneva
• BRENDA: The Comprehensive Enzyme Information System
• ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database, Trinity College, Dublin
• Enzyme Nomenclature from the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
• OxDBase: a database of biodegradative oxygenases, at the Institute of Microbial Technology, India
• E-zyme: for prediction of enzymatic reactions, at Kyoto University
• Thermodynamics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• The Lipase Engineering Database at the University of Stuttgart
• Catalytic Site Atlas at EMBL-EBI
• EzCatDB: Enzyme Catalytic Mechanism Database from AIST, Japan
• BiocatCollection: International Collection of Biocatalysts
• GenBank at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Microbial Genomics at the US Department of Engergy
• MBGD: Microbial Genome Database for Comparative Analysis at the University of Tokyo
• Enzymes with a reaction scheme, from the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB), Queen Mary, University of London

Metabolic Pathways

• KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
  • PathPred: Biodegradation/biosynthesis pathway prediction
• IUBMB-Nicholson Metabolic Maps, Minimaps and Animaps
• International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
• BioCyc: Knowledge Library of Pathway/Genome Databases
  • MetaCyc Biodegradation Pathways
• Yeast Genome Pathways at MIPS, Germany

Microorganisms

• American Type Culture Collection
• DSMZ: German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
• List of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature
• WFCC-MIRCEN World Federation for Culture Collections
• Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal
• Microbes Online
• MicrobeWiki at Kenyon College
• Taxonomy Browser at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Toxic Waste Site in the Microbe Zoo at Michigan State University
• Microbial World at University of Edinburgh
• American Society for Microbiology
• Society for Industrial Microbiology
• StrainInfo

Scientific Literature and Related Information

• NCBI cross-database search page
• Microbial Informatics and Experimentation Archive
• Journal of Biological Chemistry Online
• Journal of Biochemistry Online
• Nucleic Acids Research Online
• Bioinformatics Online
• BMC Bioinformatics
• Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
• American Society for Microbiology Journals
• EFSA Journal
• Genamics JournalSeek: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Science Journals
• National Academy Press
  • Search text of NAP books for "biodegradation"
  • Natural Attenuation for Groundwater Remediation (2000)
  • In Situ Bioremediation: When Does It Work? (1993)
• U.S. EPA A Citizen's Guide to Bioremediation PDF File
• U.S. EPA Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN)

Biodegradation and Biotechnology in General

• U.S. Geological Survey Bioremediationand Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
• Biodegradation, from Environmental Inquiry, Cornell University
• U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research Program