Qualifier
bio_material
Definition identifier for the biological material from which the nucleic acid sequenced was obtained, with optional institution code and collection code for the place where it is currently stored.
Value Format
"[<institution-code>:[<collection-code>:]]<material_id>"
Example /bio_material="CGC:CB3912" <- Caenorhabditis stock centre
Comment the bio_material qualifier should be used to annotate the identifiers of material in biological collections that are not appropriate to annotate as either /specimen_voucher or /culture_collection; these include zoos and aquaria, stock centres, seed banks, germplasm repositories and DNA banks; material_id is mandatory, institution_code and collection_code are optional; institution code is mandatory where collection code is present; the /bio_material qualifier becomes legal on 15-Dec-2007;