Associate member | Joined: June 17, 2015
BCCM/MUCL Environmental and Applied Mycology

BCCM/MUCL

The BCCM/MUCL collection is part of the BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). Our collection is specialized in lignocellulolytic fungi, fungi involved in food processing and spoilage, fermentative yeasts, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, fungal pathogens in tropical environments. The collection holds over 30000 strains of filamentous and yeast-like fungi and accepts public, patent and safe deposits.

Contacts

Sample Requests
Stéphane Declerck
bccm-mucl@uclouvain.be
Avenue Louise 231
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Sample Requests
Sylvie Cranenbrouck
sylvie.cranenbrouck@uclouvain.be
Avenue Louise 231
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Institution Type

Repository, Conservation, Government

Collection Type

Genetic, Living, Preserved, Taxonomic

Collection Size

27474 Filamentous Fungi, 41 Mycorrhizae, 4576 Yeasts

Collection Coverage

Kingdoms: Fungi
Taxa: 1400

Curation details

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

McGinley Conservation statuses

Level 7: Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete.
Date: 2016-04-07

Institution Codes

Acronym: BCCM
CITES: not registered

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