1. Collection

Registered Number	59
Acronym	BCRC
Full Name	Bioresource Collection and Research Center
Institution	Food Industry Research and Development Institute

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Dr. Gwo-Fang Yuan
Postal Address	P.O.Box 246,Hsinchu,Taiwan,30062
Country	Taiwan
Telephone 1	(886) 3-5223191-580
Telephone 2	(886) 3-5223191-593
Fax 1	(886) 3-5214016
Fax 2	(886) 3-5227141
E-mail 1	gfy@firdi.org.tw
E-mail 2	chj@firdi.org.tw
Homepage	http://www.bcrc.firdi.org.tw

3. Status of the collection

Status	Governmental
	Private
	University
	Industry

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor	Ministry of Economic Affairs
	Council of Agriculture
	Intellectural Property Office
	National Health Research Institute
	National Science of Council

5. Personnel

Director	Dr. Gwo-Fang Yuan E-Mail:gfy@firdi.org.tw
Curator	Dr. Chii-Cherng Liao (Food Microbiology)
	Dr. Gwo-Fang Yuan (Mycology/Molecular Biology)
	Dr. Fwu-Ling Lee (Yeasts/ Bacteriology)
	Dr. Shiaw-Min Hwang (Cell Biology)
	Dr. Wen-Shen Chu (Molecular Biology)
	Dr. Chien-Chi Chen (Molecular Biology/Bioinformatics)
	Dr. Guey-Yuh Liou (Mycology)
	Miss. Min Tseng (Actinomyces)
	Dr. Sung-Yuan Hsieh (Marine fungi/Mushroom)
	Dr. Li-Ling Liaw (Microalgae)
	Dr. Li-Na Huang (Bacteriology)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (9) Mycology (14) Cell biology (15) Bioinformatics (8) Plasmids & Genomic libraries (5) Deposit and Distribution Services (9) Patent affairs (3) Total (63)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Agriculture
	Applied microbiology
	Cell biology
	Genetic engineering
	Culture and preservation methods
	Industrial microbiology
	Fermentation
	Molecular biology
	Food science
	Freeze drying
	Systematics and taxonomy
	General microbiology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Fungi, Bacteriophage)
	Freezer(Bacteria, Fungi, Bacteriophage)
	Liquid N2(Bacteria, Fungi, Animal Cell Lines, Bacteriophage)
	Subculturing(Plant cells)
	Silica gel(Fungi)
Control of the culture	Morphology observation
	Contamination check
	Colony count
	Sequencing
Deposit	to your collection
	ATCC(U.S.A.)
	CBS(Netherland)
	DSMZ(Germany)
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
	the collection abroad			ATCC(U.S.A.)
	the collection abroad			DSMZ(Germany)
	the collection abroad			CBS(Netherland)
	the collection abroad			IFO(Japan)
	the research institution abroad			NRRL(U.S.A.)
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	10614	4132
	Fungi	10270	5653
	Yeasts	4804	2579
	Plasmids	18732	0
	Vectors	531	0
	Cell lines: animal	19585	18859
	Archaea	56	29
	Phages	204	0
	Recombinant DNA Hosts	307	0
	Genomic DNA	60	0
	Gene Library	67	0
	Patent deposit	1997	838

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
	Plasmids
	Vectors
	Cell lines: animal
	Archaea
	Phages
	Recombinant DNA Hosts
	Genomic DNA
	Gene Library
	Patent deposit

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	Exchange with Depositor
	Fee for For general microrganisms US $40.00-100.00 plus postal fee
	Fee for For animal cell lines US $160 plus postal fee

9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Catalogue Computerized https://catalog.bcrc.firdi.org.tw/BSAS_cart/
	updated weekly

10. Services

Services	Patent deposits(Bacteria, Yeasts, Filamentous Fungi, Plasmids, cDNA Hosts, Cell lines, Virus)
	Storage services(Archea, Actinomycetes, Bacteria, Filamentous Fungi, Mushroom, Cell line, Yeast, Recombinat DNA Hosts, Clone/Plasmids, Phages, Chromosomal DNA)
	Distribution(Archea, Actinomycetes, Bacteria, Filamentous Fungi, Mushroom, Cell line, Yeast, Recombinat DNA Hosts, Clone/Plasmids, Phages, Chromosomal DNA)
	Identification(Archea, Actinomycetes, Bacteria, Yeasts, Filamentous Fungi, Mushroom)
Training	Culture and preservation methods
	Quality control
	Genetic engineering
	Identification
	Strain improvement
	Fermentation
Consulation about	Patent deposits
	Preservation
	Propagation
	Shipment regulations
	Strain improvement
	Fermentation
Other Service	Antimicrobial testing
	Analysis and quantity of microbial products
	GMO detection

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1985-01-21
Date of Reply	2013-04-22

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi