1. Collection

Registered Number	748
Acronym	OUT
Full Name	Department of Biotechnology
Institution	Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. Yoshinobu Kaneko
Postal Address	Yamadaoka 2-1,Suita,Osaka,565-0871
Country	Japan
Telephone 1	(81) 6-6879-7422
Fax 1	(81) 6-6879-7421
E-mail 1	kaneko@bio.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

3. Status of the collection

Status

University

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan

5. Personnel

Director	Assoc.Prof. Yoshinobu Kaneko
Curator	Miss. Yoshinobu Kaneko (Yeast Genetics)
	Prof. Satoshi Harashima (Yeast Molecular Biology & Genetics)
Number of Staff	Mycology (2) Total (2)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Applied microbiology
	Genetics
	Genetic engineering
	Molecular biology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freezer(Yeasts)
	Freezer(Bacteria)
	Freezer(Fungi)
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from	Personally from the scientists in our country
	From the collections in our country
	the collection abroad			ATCC(USA)
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	800	0
	Fungi	353	0
	Yeasts	3803	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)
	Bacteria
	Fungi
	Yeasts

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	Free to scientists
	Free to researchers in companies

9. Catalogue

Catalogue

Included in a regional catalogue JSCC Catalogue of Cultures

10. Services

Services	Distribution(Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds)
Consulation about	yeast biotechnology

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1992-11-12
Date of Reply	2001-10-05

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi Yeasts