UMass Amherst Links

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Department of Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
College of Natural Resources and the Environment
Biology Computer Resource Center at UMass Amherst

Organizations

American Society of Microbiology
International Society of Microbial Ecology
North Eastern Microbiologists- Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy (NEMPET)
NSF – National Science Foundation
DOE – Department of Energy
SRNL- Savannah River National Labs
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
Soil Science Society of America

Lab Tools

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National Center for Biotechnology Information
European Bioinformatics Institute
Molecular Biology Protocols
SCIRUS database
Resources for the Environmental Scientist
Visit the Biology Workbench Database

Test your primers at Virtual PCR
PCR trouble-shooting

List of Bacterial names with Standing in Nomenclature

Essential Software and Computing Resources

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Ribosomal Database Project
ClustalW/MUSCLE
SILVA
greengenes
4 Peaks (Mac Only)

PIPELINES AND TOOLS 
MOTHUR
USEARCH
VSEARCH
CHIPSTER
MED
DADA2
VAMPS
QIIME2