Associate member | Joined: June 17, 2015
BCCM/ITM Mycobacteria Collection

BCCM/ITM

The BCCM/ITM collection is part of the ISO 9001-certifified BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Our collection is specialized in mycbobacteria from human, animal and environmental origin. The collection holds over 700 freeze-dried strains and DNA extracts for a selection of them. We accept public and safe deposits, and distribute viable bacilli as well as DNA extracts.

Contacts

Sample Requests
Leen Rigouts
BCCM.ITM@itg.be
Avenue Louise 231
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Institution Type

Repository, Conservation, Government

Collection Type

Cell cultures

Collection Coverage

Kingdoms: Eubacteria
Taxa: Mycobacterium

Usage restrictions

See catalogue record of each resource and conditions specified in the Material Transfer Agreement..

Access rights

Biological material of the public collection is accessible to the scientific community under the conditions of the BCCM Material Transfer Agreement.

Curation details

Primary Purpose: Research
Development Status: Active growth
Preservation methods: Freeze-dried, Frozen
Known to contain types: Yes

McGinley Conservation statuses

Level 6: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.
Date: 2016-08-19

Institution Codes

Acronym: BCCM
CITES: not registered

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