1. Collection

Registered Number	53
Acronym	MAO
Full Name	Mircen Afrique Ouest
Institution	ISRA-CNRA

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. Mamadou Gueye
Postal Address	B.P. 53,Bambey,,
Country	Senegal
Telephone 1	(221) 73-60-50

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

UNESCO

5. Personnel

Director	Mamadou Gueye
Curator	Henri Diara (Algology)
	Messaoud Lahbib (Bacteriology (Rhizobiology))
	Kalemani Mulongoy (Bacteriology (Rhizobiology))
	Ibrahima Ndoye (Bacteriology (Rhizobiology))
	Bassirou Sougoufara (Bacteriology (Rhizobiology))
	Simon Badji (Bacteriology (Rhizobiology))
	Ousmane Diagne (Bacteriology (Rhizobiology))
Number of Staff	Algology (1) Bacteriology (16) Total (17)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Agriculture
	Applied microbiology
	Culture and preservation methods
	Fermentation
	Freeze drying
	Ecology
	Forest microbiology

7. Preservation

Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Algae	10	0
	Bacteria	200	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)
	Algae
	Bacteria

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability

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9. Catalogue

Catalogue

Publish own catalogue

10. Services

Services	Identification(Bacteria(Rhizobium))
	Storage services
	Distribution(Rhizobium strains inoculum)
Training	Management of a culture collection
	Culture and preservation methods
	Quality control

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1984-12-04
Date of Reply	1987-12-15

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi