1. Collection

Registered Number	191
Acronym	IFO
Full Name	Institute for Fermentation, Osaka

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. Kuniko Sato
Postal Address	17-85 Juso-Honmachi 2-chome,Yodogawa-ku,Osaka,532-8686
Country	Japan
Telephone 1	(81) 6-300-6555
Fax 1	(81) 6-300-6814
Homepage	http://www.ifo.or.jp/index_e.html

3. Status of the collection

Status

Private

5. Personnel

Director	Assoc.Prof. Masao Takeuchi
Curator	Dr. Kozaburo Mikata (Yeast)
	Dr. Tadayoshi Ito (Fungi)
	Assoc. Prof. Kazunori Hatano (Actinomycetes,Bacteria,Bacteriophages)
	Assoc. Prof. Touho Yoshida (Animal cells)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (5) Cell (2) Mycology (5) Assistants (2) Total (14)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Agriculture
	Genetics
	Cell biology
	Culture and preservation methods
	Freeze drying
	Ecology
	Molecular biology
	General microbiology
	Systematics and taxonomy

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	4442	0
	Fungi	7768	0
	Yeasts	3081	0
	Cell lines: animal	422	0
	Viruses: bacteria	71	0

Number of strains in 2012	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
	Cell lines: animal
	Viruses: bacteria

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	\N
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9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Publish own catalogue
	Online Catalogue

10. Services

Services	Distribution
	Patent deposits
	Storage services
Training	Management of a culture collection
	Culture and preservation methods
	Quality control
Consulation about	Patent deposits
	Preservation

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	1992-10-29

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi