1. Collection

Registered Number	282
Acronym	IAL
Full Name	Nucleo de Colecao de Microrganismos
Institution	Instituto Adolfo Lutz

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Tania Sueli Andrade
Postal Address	Av. Dr. Arnaldo 355,Sao Paulo,Sao Paulo,01246-902
Country	Brazil
Telephone 1	(55) 11-3068-2884
Telephone 2	(55) 11-3068-2881
Fax 1	(55) 11-3066-8179
E-mail 1	tsandrad@ial.sp.gov.br
E-mail 2	colecaoial@ial.sp.gov.br
Homepage	http://www.ial.sp.gov.br

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Government of the State of Sao Paulo

5. Personnel

Director	Tania Sueli Andrade
Curator	Lia Teixeira Bastos(bacteriology)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology(2) Mycology(1) Laboratory technician(5) Helper for general services(1) woman secretary(1)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Applied microbiology
	Medical microbiology
	Industrial microbiology
	Culture and preservation methods
	General microbiology
	Freeze drying

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(Bacteria, fungi)
	Subculturing(Bacteria, protozoa)
	Freezer(Bacteria)
Control of the culture	use of specific culture media
	microscopic examination
	BBL Crystal Identification Systems
	Identification by classic methods in bacteriology
Number of Strains	Strain Name	total	country
	Bacteria	3000	0
	Fungi	3	0
	Yeasts	2	0
	Protozoa	15	15
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	Isolation by ourselves
	Personally from the scientists in our country
	From the collections in our country
	From the research institutions in our country

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	Exchange with other collections
	Fee for US$112,57

9. Catalogue

10. Services

Services	Storage services(Bacteria, protozoa, fungi)
	Distribution(Bacteria,protozoa, fungi)
Consulation about	Preservation
	Propagation

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	2010-08-03

12. Strains

bact fungi