| Registered Number | 591 |
| Acronym | NIES |
| Full Name | Microbial Culture Collection at National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| Institution | National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| Correspondent | Assoc.Prof. Fumie Kasai |
| Postal Address | 16-2, Onogawa,Tsukuba,Ibaraki,305-8506 |
| Country | Japan |
| Telephone 1 | (81) 298-50-2556 |
| Fax 1 | (81) 298-50-2587 |
| E-mail 1 | mcc@nies.go.jp |
| Homepage | http://mcc.nies.go.jp/ |
| Status | Semi-governmental |
| Director | Assoc.Prof. Fumie Kasai |
| Curator | Assoc. Prof. Masanobu Kawachi (Systematics) |
| Assoc. Prof. Mikiya Hiroki (Soil microbiology) | |
| Assoc. Prof. Mayumi Erata (Systematics) | |
| Mrs. Fumi Mori (Cryopreservation) | |
| Dr. Kosei Yumoto (Preservation, DNA analysis) | |
| Assoc. Prof. Mayumi Sato (Systematics) | |
| Mrs. Miwa Ishimoto (Macroalgae preservation) | |
| Dr. Akira Shimizu (Computer specialist) | |
| Number of Staff |
Algology (7) Bacteriology (1) Computer specialist (1) Total (9) |
| Subjects | Applied microbiology |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Ecology | |
| Environmental protection | |
| General microbiology | |
| Marine biology | |
| Systematics and taxonomy | |
| Evolutionary biology | |
| Environmental science | |
| Ex situ conservation of endangered macroalgae |
| Method and category of cultures | Liquid N2(cyanobacteria, unicellular red algae, green algae) | ||||
| Subculturing(algae, protozoa) | |||||
| 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 culuring in complete medium | |||||
| Deposit | Mainly to our collection | ||||
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from | From the collections in our country | ||||
| the collection abroad | CCAP(UK) | ||||
| the collection abroad | UTEX(USA) | ||||
| the collection abroad | ATCC(USA) | ||||
| the collection abroad | CCMP(USA) | ||||
| the collection abroad | SAG(Germany) | ||||
| the collection abroad | PCC(France) | ||||
| 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 | 2159 | 0 | |||
| Protozoa | 60 | 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) |
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| Algae | |||||||
| Protozoa | |||||||
| Availability | Free to Education |
| Fee for 6300 JPY for universities and public institutions, 10500 JPY for others; plus postal fee |
| Services | Distribution(Algae and protozoa) |
| 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 | 2010-07-23 |
| Algae Bacteria Protozoa |