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 UM-BBD, and all of which may
provide useful information to UM-BBD users.
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
- JINNO Laboratory, Toyohasi University of Technology, Japan
- 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
- IPCS INCHEM: Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
- National Toxicology Program
- National Library of Medicine's TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs
- Environment Writer Chemical Backgrounders
- Hazardous Substances Information System from the Australian Safety and Compensation Council
- Environmental Fate Database from SRC
- Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site
- 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: Building a Structure Centric Community for Chemists
- Molecular Models by Dr. Dave Woodcock
- Organic Compounds Database at Colby College, Maine
- IUPAC Goldbook: Compendium of Chemical Terminology
- ChemFinder from CambridgeSoft Corporation.
- ChemSpy.com: Internet Navigator for the Chemical Industry
- 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
- 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
- Sequence Retrieval System at the European Bioinformatics Institute
- a/b hydrolase fold families 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 Gateway by the US Department of Engergy
- MBGD: Microbial Genome Database for Comparative Analysis at the University of Tokyo
- The Enhanced Microbial Genomes Library at Pole Bio-Informatique Lyonnais, France
- GenProtEC: E. coli genes and proteins at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
- 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
Microorganisms
Scientific Literature and Related Information
Biodegradation and Biotechnology in General
