1. Collection
Registered Number 48
Acronym IIBM-UNAM
Full Name Industrial Culture Collection
Institution Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas
2. Correspondent
Correspondent Marco Antonio Ortiz
Postal Address Circuito interior s/n, D.F.,,,04510
Country Mexico
Telephone 1 (52) 5-6223855
E-mail 1 mao@servidor.unam.mx
3. Status of the collection
Status University
5. Personnel
Director Sergio Sanchez
Curator Catalan Clara(Mycology)
Avina Karla(Mycology)
Ceron Alejandra(Ptotozoology)
Number of Staff Bacteriology(1)
Mycology(1)
Ptotozoology(1)
6. Main Subjects
Subjects Industrial microbiology
Culture and preservation methods
Ecology
General microbiology
Fermentation
Medical microbiology
Physiology
Systematics and taxonomy
7. Preservation
Control of the culture Resuspend the lyophilized pellet/broth and agar
plate/specific strains
Subculturing/agar plate/specific strains
Number of Strains Strain Name total country
Algae 10 0
Bacteria 197 0
Fungi 73 0
Yeasts 85 0
Protozoa 1 0
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
the collection abroadATCC(USA)
the collection abroadNRRL(USA)
8. Availability of Cultures
Availability Exchange with several methods
Fee for bacteria: US$ 65.00
Fee for fungi: US$ 65.00
Fee for actinomycetes: US$ 80.00
9. Catalogue
Catalogue Publish own catalogue every 4 - 6 year(s)
Published the first catalogue
Planning to publish the 4th edition in 2001
10. Services
Services Identification(Algae Filamentous fungi)
Storage services(Bacteria, Actinomycetes, Filamentous fungi, Algae)
Training Management of a culture collection
Culture and preservation methods
Consulation about Preservation
Propagation
11. Entry and Update Dates
Date of Entry 1984-09-25
Date of Reply 2000-03-31
12. Strains
bact fungi