Bibliogr. data: Description of collection of publications about the lactic acid bacteria flora of Russia/USSR. – ISM News, 1996, v. 20, p. 25, Annual Meeting, Feb. 5-6.
The collection of publications about lactic acid bacteria of Russia/USSR was done in Yerevan zootechnic and veterinary institute from 1963 to 1977. The collection consists of 3500 papers and 120 books Russian flora (37,000 pages in 34 volumes and 18 boxes of microfilms) and 1,870 papers and 50 books on the flora of other countries (19,000 pages in 37 volumes and 6 boxes of microfilms).
On each paper and envelope of microfilm there is an abstract which describes the source, name of species, number of strains for each species as well as morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical properties.
This information in then collated, using a card index system.
During the period, data was collected about 50,000 strains that had been isolated during the past 100 years in Russian laboratories.
When applying Bergey’s basic test, 89% agreed with the Russian data and 11% did not agree. On additional testing nearly 30% of the cases did not agree. It is suggested that these discrepancies may be connected with regional peculiarities of species rather than methodical errors.