| Registered Number | 591 |
| Acronym | NIES |
| Full Name | Microbial Culture Collection at National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| Institution | National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| Correspondent |
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| Postal Address | 16-2, Onogawa,Tsukuba,Ibaraki,305-8506 |
| Country | Japan |
| Telephone 1 | (81) 29 850 2345 |
| Telephone 2 | (81) 29 850 2556 |
| Fax 1 | (81) 29 850 2587 |
| E-mail 1 | kawachi.masanobu@nies.go.jp |
| E-mail 2 | mcc@nies.go.jp |
| Homepage | http://mcc.nies.go.jp/ |
| Status | Semi-governmental |
| Sponsor | National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| National BioResource Project |
| Director |
 E-Mail:kawachi.masanobu@nies.go.jp |
| Curator | Dr. Haruyo Yamaguchi (Systematics & genomics) |
| Dr. Mayumi Sato (Systematics, preservation) | |
| Ms. Fumi Mori (Cryopreservation) | |
| Mr. Kosei Yumoto (Preservation, DNA analysis) | |
| Mrs. Miwa Ishimoto (Macroalgae preservation) | |
| Dr. Mary-Helene Noel Kawachi (Preservation) | |
| Number of Staff |
Algology (6) Protozoology (1) Assistants (8) Total (15) |
| Subjects | Applied microbiology |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Ecology | |
| Environmental protection | |
| Evolutionary biology | |
| Freeze drying | |
| General microbiology | |
| Marine biology | |
| Systematics and taxonomy | |
| Environmental science | |
| Ex situ conservation of endangered macroalgae |
| Method and category of cultures | Liquid N2(particular algal strains) | ||||
| Subculturing(most algal strains) | |||||
| Control of the culture | Viability check by eyes for subcultured stocks | ||||
| Viability check by FDA method for cryopreserved stocks | |||||
| Morphology check by microscopic observation | |||||
| Check for axenic algal strains by culturing in bacterial medium | |||||
| Deposit | to your collection | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Number of Strains until now | Type | Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country) |
new species (total number)/(number from your country) |
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| Algae | 2841 | 2235 | |||
| 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) |
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| Algae | |||||||
| Availability | free to Education |
| fee for 10000 JPY for universities and public institutions, 20000 JPY for company; plus postal fee |
| Services | Distribution |
| Consulation about | Preservation |
| Propagation | |
| Other consultation: Systematics & identification of algae | |
| Availability to education and research of algae |
| Date of Entry | 2002-08-21 |
| Date of Reply | 2018-10-01 |
| Algae Bacteria Protozoa |