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Members holdings

Group(s) of biological resources stored in the collection: bacteria, filamentous fungi, yeasts, algae

  • Bacteria - 14 strains
  • Filamentous fungi – 1235 strains
  • Yeast - 97 strains
  • Algae - 3 strains

    • Micoteca da Universidade do Minho (MUM) is a filamentous fungi culture collection hosted at the Biological Engineering Centre of University of Minho since 1996. The MUM mission is aiming to maintain and supply fungal strains for teaching and research in biotechnology and life sciences, and to become a centre of knowledge, information and training in mycology, in articulation with other national and international collections. The collection's holdings includes some recognised reference strains and mostly isolates derived from research activities, mainly from the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus.

    Services offered

  • Public and safe deposits
  • Patent Deposit (deposit: bacteria and archaea, fungi, plasmids, deoxyribonucleic acids (DNAs) and unicellular algae.
  • Long term preservation
  • Training (individual programmes to fulfill specialised or confidential training needs and advanced courses)
  • Post-graduation studies (MSc, PhD) in mycology related areas are also available

    • Research

  • Food and beverage mycology and mycotoxins
  • Indoor air quality
  • Emerging techniques in fungal taxonomy and identification - MALDI TOF
  • Preservation and management of microbiological resources

    • Quality Management System

    MUM is certified for the Deposit, Preservation and Supply of Filamentous Fungi by ISO9001:2015