CBS-KNAW fungal biodiversity centre
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Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures

Utrecht, The Netherlands

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CBS logo

Steps to download logo

  • right click on the hyperlink
  • save target as...
  • and save it on your hard drive
  • Or download this zip file. (1.34 Mb) It contains Blue, Black and White CBS logos in deferent sizes

 

Software and databases designed by BioAware

The CDROM software allows fast offline searches of the CBS, CABI and NCCB databases, as well as ordering of strains.

System requirements

To be able to search the available databases, you must have a MS-Windows operating system (Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4 SP3 or higher, 2000, XP or higher with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher installed). For ease of use, a minimum of 32 Mb Ram is recommended.

Steps to perform for the installation

  1. Download the software (click on the hyperlink) and save it on your hard drive
  2. Unzip the downloaded file and double click on the Setup.exe file and follow the installation instructions
  3. Download the wanted database(s) (click on the hyperlink(s) below) and save it (them) on your hard drive

Download databases:
Size (zip file)
Size when decompressed
Fungi database
10.6 MB
50 MB
Yeasts database
4.4 MB
14.5 MB
Bacteria database
6.4 MB
32.3 MB
Plasmids database
0.3 MB
0.5 MB

  1. Unzip the downloaded file(s) and save it (them) to a give directory on your hard drive. For example, download the Yeasts database and save it in a directory called C:\YeastsDB (any other name or location is valid). If several databases have to be downloaded, then save them in different directories (e.g. C:\YeastsDB, C:\FungiDB, ...).
  2. From the "Start" menu of MS-Windows, select "All programs" (this may differ depending on the operating system you are using), then "CDROM" and click on CDROM. Show me.
  3. The first time you start the software, you will be asked to select the directory where the database to be searched is located. Select the wanted directory. In our example, you may select C:\YeastsDB. Show me.
  4. The program will then start using the wanted database. The Yeasts database in our example.

Several movies show how to use the software.
Click on the hyperlinks below to start them.
Movies are best viewed with a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 (or higher)
Macromedia Flash is required to view the movies. This software is freely available at http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/.