1. Collection

Registered Number	34
Acronym	MAR
Full Name	Grasslands Rhizobium Collection
Institution	Soil Productivity Research Laboratory

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Mr. M. R. Ryder
Postal Address	Private Bag 3757,Marondera,,
Country	Zimbabwe

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

5. Personnel

Director	Dr. O. T. Mandiringana
Curator	Mr. M. R. Ryder (Rhizobium)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (1) Assistants (1) Others (2) Total (4)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Agriculture
	Culture and preservation methods

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	537	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

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	\N
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9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Publish own catalogue
	Online Catalogue

10. Services

Services	Distribution(Cultures sent to rhizobium research workers)
Training	Culture and preservation methods
	Quality control
Other Service	Collaboration with factories

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-20
Date of Reply	1987-11-26

12. Strains

Bacteria