摘要: Biobanks are actively contributing to advances in biomedical research by offering opportunities link laboratory with clinical applications and accelerating developments personalized medicine. Microbiologists have a long tradition of storing microorganisms as part projects focused on microbial genetics or phenotypic investigations. However, the impressive recent translational demand integration biobanks high-level technological infrastructures genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, patient information systems disease registries, where data originating from linked human ultimate aim improving healthcare increasing quality research.