US defence advisory panel proposes a “Library of Congress” for pathogens

From various news sources, a report from 2009 just released to the public:

http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/02/microbial_forensics.html

I looked up the National Bioforensic Reference Collection mentioned but it is not known to Google. It appears to be hosted at the Battelle National Biodefence Institute.

Does this mean I can add "counter-terrorism" to my CV due to my involvement in microbial data cataloguing efforts? :-)

Summary:

In order to help determine the origins of microbial threats in terrorist incidents or epidemics, it would be useful to have a deep archive of various strains of lethal bacteria, the JASON defense advisory panel told the National Counterproliferation Center in a newly released 2009 report (pdf).

Because of the natural variation in the microbes of interest, “we believe that a ‘Library of Congress’ for microbial pathogens is needed,” the JASONs said.

“This library would consist of strains collected worldwide by methods that preserve sample properties, and capture all relevant data (e.g. geolocation, local environmental conditions). It should include laboratory isolates, natural isolates, and DNA sequence data.”