Richard High Ebright is an American molecular biologist. He is the Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University and Laboratory Director at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology.[1][2] (wikipedia)
The fact that they don't know the answer means they're not running a properly secured facility. The odds are that it was an accounting error, but it is very possible that one of the persons with access to the lab has removed that material.
Any one of these facilities would probably bring us into the position of meeting the national need, but we will be getting at least seven.
If we had been, we would have advised against it.
The samples can be used as seed stock for any biologist.
