1. Collection

Registered Number	195
Acronym	HUT
Full Name	HUT Culture Collection
Institution	Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Mr. Hidenori Shinkawa
Postal Address	1-3-1 Kagamiyama,Higashi-Hiroshima,Hiroshima,739-8530
Country	Japan
Telephone 1	(81) 824-24-7768
E-mail 1	hshinka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Homepage	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/hut/

3. Status of the collection

Status

University

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Ministry of education

5. Personnel

Director	Prof. Eiko Tsuchiya
Curator	Prof. Eiko Tsuchiya (Molecular Biology)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (1) Mycology (1) Total (2)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Applied microbiology
	Genetic engineering
	Cell biology
	Genetics
	Molecular biology

7. Preservation

Control of the culture	L-drying
	electric freezer
	subculturing
	sandculturing
Deposit	Mainly to our collection
	Mainly to collections in our country
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from	From the collections 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)
	Bacteria	157	0
	Fungi	662	0
	Yeasts	450	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

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	Free to members of academic
	Free to public research institutions

9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Publish own catalogue
	Published the first catalogue in 1987 year(s)
	Planning to publish the second edition in 1998
	No intention to publish

10. Services

Services	Storage services
	Distribution

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	2002-07-31

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi