1. Collection

Registered Number	642
Acronym	BCCM/IHEM
Full Name	Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms / IHEM Fungi colleciton
Institution	Scientific Institute of Public Health

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Dr. Marijjke Hendrickx
Postal Address	14 rue J. Wytsmanstraat,Brussels,Brussels Capital Region,1050
Country	Belgium
Telephone 1	(32) 2-642 55 18
Telephone 2	(32) 2-642 55 09
Fax 1	(32) 2-642 55 19
E-mail 1	bccm.ihem@wiv-isp.be
E-mail 2	marijke.hendrickx@wiv-isp.be
Homepage	http://bccm.belspo.be/about/ihem.php

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Belgian Science Policy Office

5. Personnel

Director	Mr. Monique Detandt
Curator	Assoc. Prof. Danielle Swinne (Curator - yeasts)
	Mr. Pascale Van Rooij (Assistant curator - filamentous fungi)
	Assoc. Prof. Geraldine Jacon (Molecular biology)
	Mr. Chantal Planard (Dermatophytes)
Number of Staff	Mycology (4) Technical assistants (5) Administrative assistants  (2) Total (11)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Culture and preservation methods
	Freeze drying
	Genetics
	Molecular biology
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Veterinary
	Medical mycology
	Aerobiology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(fungi & yeasts)
	Liquid N2(fungi & yeasts)
	Cryobeads(fungi & yeasts)
	Under water (fungi & yeasts)
Control of the culture	viability, identity and purity check
Deposit	to your collection
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
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Fungi	10340	3912
	Yeasts	4059	2255

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)
	Fungi
	Yeasts

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	free to research partners
	exchange with other collections
	fee for See price list: http://bccm.belspo.be/services/ihem_pricelist.php

9. Catalogue

Catalogue

Catalogue Computerized http://bccm.belspo.be/db/ihem_search_form.php

10. Services

Services	Patent deposits(fungi & yeasts)
	Storage service(fungi & yeasts)
	Distribution(fungi & yeasts)
	Identification(fungi & yeasts)
Training	Identification
	Mycology of human environment
Consulation about	Patent deposits
	Preservation
	Identification
	Purification

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1993-08-19
Date of Reply	2013-05-13