The MicroBioDiverSar Project: Exploring the Microbial Biodiversity in Ex Situ Collections of Sardinia

Elisabetta Daga, Marilena Budroni, Chiara Multineddu, Sofia Cosentino, Maura Deplano, Paolo Romano and Roberta Comunian
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Elisabetta Daga: Agris Sardegna, Agricultural Research Agency of Sardinia, Associated Member of the JRU MIRRI-IT Loc. Bonassai, SS291 km 18.600, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Marilena Budroni: Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Associated Member of the JRU MIRRI-IT Viale Italia, 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Chiara Multineddu: Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Associated Member of the JRU MIRRI-IT Viale Italia, 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Sofia Cosentino: Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Associated Member of the JRU MIRRI-IT Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, SS554 Bivio Sestu, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
Maura Deplano: Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Associated Member of the JRU MIRRI-IT Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, SS554 Bivio Sestu, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
Paolo Romano: Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Partner of the JRU MIRRI-IT Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
Roberta Comunian: Agris Sardegna, Agricultural Research Agency of Sardinia, Associated Member of the JRU MIRRI-IT Loc. Bonassai, SS291 km 18.600, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-26

Abstract: In the last decades, biodiversity preservation has gained growing attention and many strategies, laws and regulations have been enacted by governments with this purpose. The MicroBioDiverSar (MBDS) project, the first one regarding microbiological resources, funded by the Italian Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (Mipaaf) through the Law 194/2015, was aimed at surveying, cataloguing, and managing the microbial resources and the related information of three Sardinian collections (Agris BNSS, Uniss, and Unica). While microorganisms were reordered and inventoried, a federated database, accessible via the web, was designed by the bioinformatician of Ospedale Policlinico San Martino of Genova, according to both international standards and laboratory needs. The resulting MBDS collection boasts a great richness of microbial resources. Indeed, over 21,000 isolates, belonging to over 200 species of bacteria, yeasts, and filamentous fungi isolated from different matrices, mainly food, of animal and vegetable origin, collected in over 50 years, were included in the database. Currently, about 2000 isolates, belonging to 150 species, are available online for both the scientific community and agri-food producers. The huge work done allowed one to know the consistency and the composition of most of the patrimony of the Sardinian microbial collections. Furthermore, the MBDS database has been proposed as a model for other Italian collections that, as the MBDS partners, are part of the Joint Research Unit MIRRI-IT Italian collections network, with the aim of overcoming fragmentation, facing sustainability challenges, and improving the quality of the management of the collections.

Keywords: agri-food biodiversity monitoring and conservation; Sardinia microbial collections; database design and development; bacteria; yeasts; filamentous fungi (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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