1. Collection

Registered Number	635
Acronym	AHU
Full Name	AHU Culture Collection
Institution	Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Prof. Fusao Tomita
Postal Address	Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku,Sapporo,Hokkaido,060-8589
Country	Japan
Telephone 1	(81) 11-706-2493
Fax 1	(81) 11-706-4961
Homepage	http://www.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/oukin/index.html

3. Status of the collection

Status

University

5. Personnel

Director	Prof. Fusao Tomita
Curator	Assoc. Prof. Takako Sakurai
Number of Staff	Assistants (1) Total (1)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Applied microbiology
	Industrial microbiology
	Fermentation
	Food science
	General microbiology
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Environmental protection
	Genetics

7. Preservation

Control of the culture	check characteristics periodically (every 3-5 years)
Deposit	Mainly to our collection
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from	Isolation by ourselves
	From the collections in our country
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	323	312
	Fungi	1342	1296
	Yeasts	835	835
	Actinomycetes	135	135

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
	Actinomycetes

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	\N
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9. Catalogue

10. Services

Services	Distribution
	Storage services
Training	Management of a culture collection
	Genetic engineering
	Numerical Taxonomy
	Identification
Consulation about	Patent deposits
	Preservation
	Propagation
	Plant quarantine
Other Service	Identification of by rDNA sequencing

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1999-11-30
Date of Reply	2000-04-14

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi