1. Collection

Registered Number	575
Acronym	Fiocruz/CMRVS
Full Name	Colecao de Microrganismos de Referencia em Vigilancia Sanitaria
Institution	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - INCQS

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Dr. Ivano de Filippis
Postal Address	Av. Brasil, 4365-Manguinhos,Rio de Janeiro,RJ,21040-900
Country	Brazil
Telephone 1	(55) 21-3865-5236
Telephone 2	(55) 21-3865-5151
Fax 1	(55) 21-2290-0915
E-mail 1	cmrvs@fiocruz.br
E-mail 2	vpplr@fiocruz.br
Homepage	http://cmrvs.fiocruz.br/

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor	Ministry of Health - MS
	National research funding agencies (ANVISA)

5. Personnel

Director	Dr. Eduardo C. Leal E-Mail:eduardo.leal@incqs.fiocruz.br
Curator	Dr. Ivano de Filippis (Bacteria)
	Dr. Marilia M. Nishikawa (Fungi)
	Dr. Maysa B. Mandetta Clementino (Archaea)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (6) Mycology (4) Assistants (3) Computer specialist (1) Archaea (2) Total (16)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Agriculture
	Molecular biology
	Applied microbiology
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Culture and preservation methods
	Veterinary
	Evolutionary biology
	Biochemistry
	Industrial microbiology
	Medical microbiology
	Marine biology
	General microbiology
	Freeze drying
	Culture and preservation methods
	Pharmacology
	Environmental microbiology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Fungi)
	Freezer(Bacteria, Fungi, Archaea)
	L-drying(Archaea)
	Liquid N2(Bacteria, Fungi, Archaea)
	Subculturing(Fungi, Archaea)
Control of the culture	Vacuum in ampoules (Spart tester)
	Residual humidity of freeze-dryed cultures
	Purity of the culture
	Viability
	Identity (phenotypic and molecular)
	Outer membrane protein pattern (when apply)
	Gene detection (when apply)
	16S-23S intergenic spacers specific patterns
Deposit	Mainly to our collection
	Mainly to collections in our country
	ATCC(USA)
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from	Isolation by ourselves
	Personally from the scientists in our country
	From the collections in our country
	From the research institutions in our country
	the collection abroad			ATCC(US)
	the collection abroad			NCTC(UK)
	the collection abroad			CBS(NL)
	the collection abroad			CCUG(SE)
	the collection abroad			CDC(USA)
	the collection abroad			CIP(FR)
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	734	1	0	0
	Fungi	236	0	0	0
	Yeasts	164	0	0	0
	Archaea	48	15	0	0
	Research Collection: Bacteria	2247	2247	0	0
	Research Collection: Fungi/Yeast	570	570	0	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	734	1	0	0	0	0
	Fungi	236	0	0	0	0	0
	Yeasts	164	0	0	0	0	0
	Archaea	48	15	0	0	0	0
	Research Collection: Bacteria	2247	2247	0	0	0	0
	Research Collection: Fungi/Yeast	570	570	0	0	0	0

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	Free to Public Institutions (Universities, Hospitals, Research Institutions)
	Exchange with Most recognized collection

9. Catalogue

10. Services

Services	Storage service(Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Archaea)
	Distribution(Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Archaea)
	Identification(Bacteria(All groups) Fungi(Depending on the group) Yeasts(Depending on the group), Archaea)
Training	Management of a culture collection
	Culture and preservation methods
	Quality control
	Use of computers in culture collections
	Systematics
	Numerical Taxonomy
	Identification
	Quality control of microorganisms and cultures
	molecular/biochemical (DNA based analysisidentification
	Use of computers in Culture Collections Systematics
Consulation about	Preservation
	Propagation
	Shipment regulations

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1992-10-15
Date of Reply	2016-01-27

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi