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Member holdings

Group(s) of biological resources stored in the collection: bacteria, archaea, cyanobacteria, yeasts, filamentous fungi, oomycota, other fungus- like organisms, plasmids (including plasmid bearing strains).

  • Mostly fungi and specifically molds (ascomycota), approx. 40.000 culture (natural isolates) and 3000 mutants (public and available after publication). Moreover, we have approximately 1500 bacterial (internal collection at the moment) and 2000 plasmid containing E. coli (published plasmids available after publication at IBT, or through AddGene where we deposit them).
  • The collection comprises fungi isolated, by DTU researchers, from many different habitats, e.g. soil, buildings, food products, and geographical locations in Denmark, and around the world. The collection further includes significant contributions by Martha Christensen (US) with soil-derived strains (Rocky Mountain Fungi (RMF), Wisconsin Soil Fungi (WSF) and World Tour fungi (WT), by John Clutterbuck (UK) with genetic variants of Aspergillus nidulans.
  • We are currently building several unique subcollections, e.g. Danish Forest soil, Danish Indoor environment (descriptions of subcollections will be available at the IBT website in the autumn 2026).
  • Latest addition is the development of our DTU-Mycology Robotics/automation setup, where were have transferred substantial part of the collection to 96w format plates to enable HTP-screening in diverse research projects.

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  • public/confidential deposit, distribution, services, training, courses, research)

    • Research

  • We cover many angles of mycology due to numerous collaborations. Specifically, we have at DTU continuously recorded the production of secondary metabolites (e.g. mycotoxins) as well as growth and physiological data for the strains in IBT Culture Collection, and we strive to make such data accessible to users of the database. Our continuous ambition is to use Machine-Learning to create useful predictive models for fungal behavior and performance. Recently, we have participated in more projects towards the development of fungal biosolutions.