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Member holdings

Group(s) of biological resources stored in the collection: bacteria, archaea, yeasts, filamentous fungi, oomycota, other fungus- like organisms, animal virus (Mengovirus vMCO), bacterial genomic DNA, other genomic DNA, phages.

  • More than 10.000 strains of bacteria, archaea, yeast and filamentous fungi. Mengovirus vMCO. Phages (soon available).
  • Main taxa: Bacteria from a wide number of phyla, from Bacillota to Actinomycetota, Pseudomonadota and others; class Planctomycetia, order Lactobacillale, and families very well represented such as Aeromonadaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Frankiaceae, Rhodobacteraceae, Streptomycetaceae and Vibrionaceae. Filamentous fungi from the families Aspergillaceae, Trichocomaceae, Glomerellaceae, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae. Yeast from the family Saccharomycetaceae.
  • Remarkable holdings: Delicate (Frankia) and recalcitrant (Planctomycetes) strains. Halophylic archaea. Wine and dairy related strains from different Spanish regions and other countries. Spanish Xylella strains. Several Oomycota plant pathogenic strains from the genus Pythium and Phytophthora.
  • Applications: Agro, Food, Bioremediation, Biofuels, Pharma, Health
  • Most WDCM/quality control strains.

    • Services offered

  • Supply of microbial reference material (archaea, bacteria, yeast and filamentous fungi) in different formats (freeze-dried, active culture, genomic DNA, etc.)
  • Microbial identification by sequencing of essential genes
  • Microbial identification and characterisation by MALDI-TOF MS (matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry)
  • Whole Genome Sequencing
  • Preparation, assembly and analysis of microbial genomes
  • Microbial characterisation
  • Analysis of microbial cellular fatty acid composition (MIDI)
  • Microbial strain deposit (public, safe and for patent purposes)
  • Custody of biological material
  • Lyophilisation of microbial strains or biological samples
  • Training

    • Research

  • Spanish national node of MIRRI-ERIC ( https://www.mirri-eric.eu ). Participation in MIRRI-ERIC related projects.
  • Identification, characterization and preservation of bacteria for health&food or agro-food applications
  • Microbial authentification and identification: MALDI-TOF MS and GC FAME
  • Optimization of cultivation and preservation protocols for delicate and recalcitrant strains
  • Exploring microbial diversity and its biotechnological potential

    • Quality Management System

  • ISO 9001 certified since 2004
  • Best Practices for Biological Resource Centres