- Institution: Culture Collection, University of Gothenburg
- Acronym: CCUG
- Location:
Guldhedsgatan 10
413 46 G
SWEDEN
- Website: http://www.ccug.se
- Correspondent:
Prof. Edward R.B. Moore
Tel.: +46.31.342 4696
Fax: +46.31.82 96 17
e-mail: ccug@eccosite.org
Members holdings
CCUG Accession numers: 62623 (May 2012 - since spring 1968)
CCUG Strains on-line: 18800 (May 2008)
The CCUG Search Engine enables searches for strains by key words.
Services offered
Supply of cultures: freeze-dried
Supply of DNA
Deposit of strains for public access or for safe keeping
Identification (species-level) / Typing (sub-species-level).
Phenotypic and genotypic-based methods are applied for analysing microorganisms, including: morphological and metabolic profiling; cell-fatty acids (CFA / FAME) profiling and volatile fatty acid (VFA) determination for anaerobic bacteria; MALDI-TOF MS profiling of cell proteins; DNA sequence comparative analyses for 16S rRNA genes and selected taxa-specific house-keeping genes; G+C content; DNA-DNA hybridisation for genomic DNA similarity analyses.
All methods are explained in English on our site. Details and results of strain characterizations are displayed in our site.
Research
Focus of research: microbial systematics, taxonomy and diversity; development of methods for the identification (species-level) and typing (sub-species-level) of microorganisms; microbial resistance in clinical and environmental ecosystems. Current (2012) support for research projects is from regional, national and international (EC) funding agencies.
Quality Management System
The accreditation is given in Swedish.