d7496c9f-ee48-480d-8603-5517926a44eb urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T16:05:59 creation ISO 19115 2016 AIMS Marine Bioresources Library Database d7496c9f-ee48-480d-8603-5517926a44eb The AIMS Bioresources Library contained almost 20,000 entities, including extracts from over 7,600 samples of marine micro-organisms, frozen material and over 9,000 cryopreserved marine-derived micro-organisms. Biodiscovery is the sourcing of native biological material including plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms to identify bioactive compounds genes, enzymes and other proteins that may be used for commercial purposes such as pharmaceuticals and insecticides. AIMS has been involved in biodiscovery for 15 years and has explored Australia's mega-marine biodiversity for attributes with commercial application. The cornerstone of AIMS' biodiscovery effort is its substantial marine Bioresources Library. This collection has been sourced from over 1,500 sites across Australia. An Oracle database for the AIMS Bioresources Library was developed to contain information of taxonomy, housekeeping (location and nature of samples including taxonomic vouchers, extracts, fractions, pure compounds, frozen cultures), and biodiscovery research history (e.g. screening and structure elucidation results, dispatches to various external parties, etc). The database includes images most organisms and records the results of an array of bioassay tests which have varied over time with different programs and collaborators, and include anti-cancer, AIDS, anti-biotic and enzyme inhibition assays. The taxonomic data is available for release as long as the master sample numbers are not used as unique sample identifiers, e.g. OBIS. Requests for selected data release will be considered on a case by case basis as some information is commercial in confidence and may be subject to contract conditions. The database aimed to: -collate taxonomic and biogeographic details -link taxonomy and biogeography with bioactivity, and facilitate data mining -track the use of samples in their various forms -ensure compliance with contracts and access/benefit sharing agreements and permits -generate reports to regulatory authorities and jurisdictions of origin, on the use of material A subset of the data has been provided to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/123l). {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[143.676, -38.85], [146.0, -38.85], [146.0, -38.14], [143.676, -38.14], [143.676, -38.85]]]} 143.676 146.0 -38.85 -38.14 Disulfide-containing peptides from the glandular skin secretions of froglets of the genus Crinia: Structure, activity and evolutionary trends: Jackway RJ, Pukala TL, Maselli VM, Musgrave IF, Bowie JH, Liu Y, Surinya-Johnson KH, Donnellan SC, Doyle JR, Llewellyn LE and Tyler MJ (2008) Disulfide-containing peptides from the glandular skin secretions of froglets of the genus Crinia: Structure, activity and evolutionary trends. Regulatory Peptides 151:80-87. documentDigital Disulfide-containing peptides from the glandular skin secretions of froglets of the genus Crinia: Structure, activity and evolutionary trends: Jackway RJ, Pukala TL, Maselli VM, Musgrave IF, Bowie JH, Liu Y, Surinya-Johnson KH, Donnellan SC, Doyle JR, Llewellyn LE and Tyler MJ (2008) Disulfide-containing peptides from the glandular skin secretions of froglets of the genus Crinia: Structure, activity and evolutionary trends. Regulatory Peptides 151:80-87. Oceans of Opportunity: Seeking commercial and sustainable uses of Australia's marine biodiversity: Evans-Illidge EA (2004) Oceans of Opportunity: Seeking commercial and sustainable uses of Australia's marine biodiversity. pp. 43-58. In: APEC Workshop on Trade and the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. 15-16 March 2004. Jakarta, Indonesia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. documentDigital Oceans of Opportunity: Seeking commercial and sustainable uses of Australia's marine biodiversity: Evans-Illidge EA (2004) Oceans of Opportunity: Seeking commercial and sustainable uses of Australia's marine biodiversity. pp. 43-58. In: APEC Workshop on Trade and the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. 15-16 March 2004. Jakarta, Indonesia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Natural Ways: Learning from Nature's 4.5 Billion Year Biotechnology Project: Evans-Illidge EA (2004) Natural Ways: Learning from Nature's 4.5 Billion Year Biotechnology Project. Issues 67:36-39. documentDigital Natural Ways: Learning from Nature's 4.5 Billion Year Biotechnology Project: Evans-Illidge EA (2004) Natural Ways: Learning from Nature's 4.5 Billion Year Biotechnology Project. Issues 67:36-39. Cleveland Bay biodiversity IN: Status Report - 2002, Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland, Australia: Battershill CN, Ericson GB and Evans-Illidge EA (2003) Cleveland Bay biodiversity IN: Status Report - 2002, Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Cleveland Bay Consortium. 8 p. documentDigital Cleveland Bay biodiversity IN: Status Report - 2002, Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland, Australia: Battershill CN, Ericson GB and Evans-Illidge EA (2003) Cleveland Bay biodiversity IN: Status Report - 2002, Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Cleveland Bay Consortium. 8 p. Studies on the morphology and ecology of fungi associated with the Australian marine environment: Morrison-Gardiner S (2001) Studies on the morphology and ecology of fungi associated with the Australian marine environment. James Cook University. documentDigital Studies on the morphology and ecology of fungi associated with the Australian marine environment: Morrison-Gardiner S (2001) Studies on the morphology and ecology of fungi associated with the Australian marine environment. James Cook University. Access and benefit sharing with Queensland and Western Australia's marine bioresources - principles and practice: Evans-Illidge EA, Tennant M and Murali B (2000) Access and benefit sharing with Queensland and Western Australia's marine bioresources - principles and practice. p. 51. In: IMBC 2000. Townsville, Australia 29 September - 4 October 2000. Program & Abstracts. documentDigital Access and benefit sharing with Queensland and Western Australia's marine bioresources - principles and practice: Evans-Illidge EA, Tennant M and Murali B (2000) Access and benefit sharing with Queensland and Western Australia's marine bioresources - principles and practice. p. 51. In: IMBC 2000. Townsville, Australia 29 September - 4 October 2000. Program & Abstracts. A preliminary assessment of 'space wars' as a determining factor in the production of novel bioactive indoles by IOTROCHOTA sp: Evans-Illidge EA, Bourne DJ, Wolff CWW and Vasilescu IM (1999) A preliminary assessment of 'space wars' as a determining factor in the production of novel bioactive indoles by IOTROCHOTA sp. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 161-166. documentDigital A preliminary assessment of 'space wars' as a determining factor in the production of novel bioactive indoles by IOTROCHOTA sp: Evans-Illidge EA, Bourne DJ, Wolff CWW and Vasilescu IM (1999) A preliminary assessment of 'space wars' as a determining factor in the production of novel bioactive indoles by IOTROCHOTA sp. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 161-166. Oceanapia saggitaria from the Gulf of Thailand: Hooper JNA, Kelly-Borges M and Riddle MJ (1993) Oceanapia saggitaria from the Gulf of Thailand. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33: 61-72. documentDigital Oceanapia saggitaria from the Gulf of Thailand: Hooper JNA, Kelly-Borges M and Riddle MJ (1993) Oceanapia saggitaria from the Gulf of Thailand. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33: 61-72. AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VII: Papua New Guinea, Thailand & the Philippines: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VII: Papua New Guinea, Thailand & the Philippines. AIMS report no. 14. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 76 p. documentDigital AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VII: Papua New Guinea, Thailand & the Philippines: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VII: Papua New Guinea, Thailand & the Philippines. AIMS report no. 14. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 76 p. AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VI: New Zealand: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VI: New Zealand. AIMS report no. 13. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 30 p. documentDigital AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VI: New Zealand: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. VI: New Zealand. AIMS report no. 13. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 30 p. AIMS - Bioresources Library documentDigital AIMS - Bioresources Library HTML A tropical marine microbial natural products geobibliography as an example of desktop exploration of current research using web visualisation tools: Mukherjee J, Llewellyn LE and Evans-Illidge EA (2008) A tropical marine microbial natural products geobibliography as an example of desktop exploration of current research using web visualisation tools. Marine Drugs 6: 550-577. documentDigital A tropical marine microbial natural products geobibliography as an example of desktop exploration of current research using web visualisation tools: Mukherjee J, Llewellyn LE and Evans-Illidge EA (2008) A tropical marine microbial natural products geobibliography as an example of desktop exploration of current research using web visualisation tools. Marine Drugs 6: 550-577. AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. V: South Australia: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, Mckenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. V: South Australia. AIMS report no. 12. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 35 p. documentDigital AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. V: South Australia: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, Mckenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. V: South Australia. AIMS report no. 12. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 35 p. AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. IV: New South Wales, Victoria & Tasmania: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. IV: New South Wales, Victoria & Tasmania. AIMS report no.11. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 81 p. documentDigital AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. IV: New South Wales, Victoria & Tasmania: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. IV: New South Wales, Victoria & Tasmania. AIMS report no.11. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 81 p. Marine natural products discovery in Australia: From reef to royalty, and the pursuit of Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) compliance: Evans-Illidge EA and Battershill CN (2007) Marine natural products discovery in Australia: From reef to royalty, and the pursuit of Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) compliance. Journal of biolaw & business Spec.Suppl.:23-27. documentDigital Marine natural products discovery in Australia: From reef to royalty, and the pursuit of Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) compliance: Evans-Illidge EA and Battershill CN (2007) Marine natural products discovery in Australia: From reef to royalty, and the pursuit of Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) compliance. Journal of biolaw & business Spec.Suppl.:23-27. AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. II: Northern Territory: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. II: Northern Territory. AIMS report no. 9. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 27 p. documentDigital AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. II: Northern Territory: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. II: Northern Territory. AIMS report no. 9. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 27 p. AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. III: Queensland: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. III: Queensland. AIMS report no 10. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 119 p. documentDigital AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. III: Queensland: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. III: Queensland. AIMS report no 10. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 119 p. Biodiscovery at AIMS documentDigital Biodiscovery at AIMS HTML Collections at AIMS documentDigital Collections at AIMS HTML AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. I: Western Australia: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. I: Western Australia. AIMS report no. 8. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 76 p. documentDigital AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. I: Western Australia: McCauley RD, Riddle MJ, Sorokin SJ, Murphy PT, Goldsworthy PM, McKenna AJ, Baker JT and Kelley RA (1993) AIMS bioactivity unit marine invertebrate Collection. I: Western Australia. AIMS report no. 8. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 76 p. AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic AIMS Web Site documentDigital audio/basic