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Members holdings

Group(s) of biological resources stored in the collection: bacteria (1085 strains), yeasts (2015 strains).

The UMCC holds 3100 strains including yeasts, lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria isolated from different agro-foods products such as must, wines, beer, vinegar, sourdough, Kombucha tea and other fermented products.

Services offered

  • Isolation, characterization and identification of strains
  • Distribution of strains and starter cultures
  • Public or private deposit
  • Teaching and training courses
  • Dissemination activities

    • Research

  • Isolation of strains from food and beverages
  • Characterization and identification of microbial cultures by polyphasic approach
  • Screening and selection of technological and functional properties
  • Set-up and implementation of genetic improvement strategies for the development of new phenotypes
  • Implementation of starter cultures for food and other industrial applications
  • Selection of bacterial cellulose producing strains and applications

    • Quality Management System

    Quality system compliant with common standards developed within the European project SUS-MIRRI.IT (Area ESFRI “Health and Food”, granted by the European Commission NextGenerationEU, code N° IR0000005).