15th International Conference on Culture Collections: Exploiting Microbial Resources to Support Social Wellbeing

Abstract

[Excerpt] Preface The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 15th International Conference on Culture Collections – ICCC15, an event organized every 3 years under the auspices of the World Federation of Culture Collections, was very proud to organize, in collaboration with the University of La Frontera (Chile), the hybrid conference last June at the University of Minho in Braga (Portugal). This year the ICCC15 had the motto of “Exploiting microbial resources to support social wellbeing” which involves harnessing the potential of microorganisms to improve various aspects of human life.[...]