1. Collection
Registered Number 6
Acronym HER
Full Name Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses
Institution GREB, Faculte de medecine dentaire, Universite Laval
2. Correspondent
Correspondent Sylvain Moineau
Postal Address Faculte de medecine dentaire,Quebec,Quebec,G1K 7P4
Country Canada
Telephone 1 (1) 418-656-3712
Telephone 2 (1) 418-656-2485
Fax 1 (1) 418-656-2861
E-mail 1 collection.phages@bcm.ulaval.ca
E-mail 2 sylvain.moineau@bcm.ulaval.ca
Homepage http://www.phage.ulaval.ca
3. Status of the collection
Status University
4. Sponsors and budget
Sponsor Self-supporting
Universite Laval
Departement de biochimie et de microbiologie
NSERC of Canada
5. Personnel
Director Sylvain Moineau
Curator Denise Tremblay(Microbiology)
Number of Staff Bacteriology(1)
6. Main Subjects
Subjects Agriculture
Applied microbiology
Food science
Medical microbiology
General microbiology
Culture and preservation methods
Genetic engineering
Molecular biology
Industrial microbiology
Systematics and taxonomy
7. Preservation
Method and category of cultures Freezer(Bacteriophages, bacteria)
Liquid N2(Bacteriophages, bacteria)
Storage as lysates at +4(Bacteriophages)
Control of the culture DNA restriction profiles ( Bacteriophages )
Host range (Bacteriophage)
Number of Strains Strain Name total country
Bacteria 380 0
Viruses: bacteria 428 0
Deposit Mainly to our collection
ATCC(USA)
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 abroadATCC(U.S.A)
the collection abroadDSMZ(Germany)
8. Availability of Cultures
Availability Exchange with Collections
Fee for Phages US $50.00
Fee for Bacteria: US $50.00
Fee for + shipping
9. Catalogue
10. Services
Services Storage services(Bacteriophages, bacteria)
Distribution(Bacteriophages, bacteria)
Identification(Bacteriophages and bacteria on request)
Consulation about Patent deposits
Preservation
Propagation
Bacteriophages
11. Entry and Update Dates
Date of Entry 1983-01-12
Date of Reply 2006-04-07
12. Strains
bact fungi