1. Collection

Registered Number	18
Acronym	FRR
Full Name	Food Science Australia, Ryde
Institution	CSIRO, Food Science Australia

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. Ailsa Hocking
Postal Address	P.O. Box 52,North Ryde,NSW,1670
Country	Australia
Telephone 1	(61) 2-94908333
Fax 1	(61) 2-94908499
Fax 2	(61) 2-94908581
E-mail 1	Ailsa.Hocking@csiro.au
Homepage	http://www.foodscience.afisc.csiro.au/fcc/

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

CSIRO Food Science Australia

5. Personnel

Director	Assoc.Prof. Ailsa Hocking
Curator	John I. Pitt
	Nicholas J. Charley
Number of Staff	Mycology (2) Assistants (1) Total (3)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Food science
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Penicillium
	Aspergillus

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(Fungi)
Deposit	Mainly to collections in our country
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from	Isolation by ourselves
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	200	0
	Fungi	4000	0
	Yeasts	500	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
	Fungi
	Yeasts

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	Exchange with other collections
	Fee for Standard price $A100
	Fee for Teaching/Research Institutions $A60

9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Published the first catalogue in 1994 year(s)
	Online Catalogue http://www.foodscience.afisc.csiro.au/fcc/

10. Services

Services	Distribution(Fungi )
	Identification(Fungi(Penicillium, Aspergillus))

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-20
Date of Reply	2004-10-28

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi