Associate member | Joined: June 17, 2015
BCCM/IHEM Biomedical Fungi and Yeasts Collection

BCCM/IHEM

The BCCM/IHEM collection is part of the BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at the Scientific Institute of Public Health in Brussels. Our collection is specialized in biomedical fungi, i.e. infectious agents, allergy causing species and mycotoxin producers. The collection holds over 16000 isolates and accepts public, patent and safe deposits.

Contacts

Sample Requests
Dirk Stubbe
dirk.stubbe@sciensano.be
Avenue Louise 231
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Sample Requests
Ann Packeu
ann.packeu@sciensano.be
Avenue Louise 231
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Institution Type

Repository, Conservation, Government

Collection Type

Living, Preserved, Genetic, Taxonomic

Collection Size

12500 Filamentous fungi, 4000 yeasts

Collection Coverage

Kingdoms: Fungi
Taxa: 1300

Curation details

Primary Purpose: Research
Preservation methods: Cryopreserved, Fluid-preserved, Freeze-dried, Frozen
Known to contain types: Yes

McGinley Conservation statuses

Level 7: Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete.
Date: 2016-03-07

Institution Codes

Acronym: BCCM
CITES: not registered

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