1. Collection

Registered Number	318
Acronym	NZRD
Full Name	New Zealand Reference Culture Collection of Microorganisms, Dairy Section
Institution	New Zealand Dairy Research Institute

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. L. E. Pearce
Postal Address	Private Bag,Palmerston North,,
Country	New Zealand
Telephone 1	(64) 63504649
Fax 1	(64) 63561476

3. Status of the collection

Status

Semi-governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

NZ Dairy Research Institute

5. Personnel

Director	Assoc.Prof. L. E. Pearce
Curator	J. M. Bennett (Lactic cid bacteria)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (1) Total (1)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Applied microbiology
	Food science

7. Preservation

Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	78	0
	Yeasts	1	0
	Viruses: bacteria	19	0

Number of strains last year	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)		Microbes distributed (total number)/(in your country)
	Bacteria
	Yeasts
	Viruses: bacteria

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability

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9. Catalogue

Catalogue

Publish own catalogue

10. Services

Consulation about	Propagation
	Shipment regulations

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	1992-01-07

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi