1. Collection
Registered Number 1024
Acronym CCCS
Full Name Culture Collection of Ciliates and their Symbionts
Institution St.Petersburg State University
2. Correspondent
Correspondent Assoc.Prof. Maria Rautian
Postal Address Botanicheskaya, 17,St.Petersburg,St.Petersburg reg.,198504
Country Russian Federation
Telephone 1 (1107) - 921 792 8487
E-mail 1 mrautian@mail.ru
3. Status of the collection
Status Semi-governmental
University
5. Personnel
Director Assoc.Prof. MARIA RAUTIAN
Curator Mrs. NATALIA LEBEDEVA (PROTOZOOLOGIST, curator)
Mrs. TANYA LAYEVINA (PROTOZOOLOGIST)
Number of Staff Protozoology (2)
Assistants (1)
Total (3)
6. Main Subjects
Subjects Culture and preservation methods
Evolutionary biology
Genetics
Systematics and taxonomy
7. Preservation
Method and category of cultures Subculturing(Paramecia (Ciliophora, Protozoa))
Control of the culture light microscopy
fluorescent microscopy
DNA sequencing
Deposit to your collection
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from Isolation by ourselves
Number of Strains until now Type Holding strains
(total number)/(number from your country)		 new species
(total number)/(number from your country)
Bacteria 54 54
Protozoa 1300 1260
Microalgae 400 400
Virus of symbiotic chlorella of Paramecium bursaria 26 26
Number of strains last year Type Holding strains
(total number)/(number from your country)		 new species
(total number)/(number from your country)		 Microbes distributed
(total number)/(in your country)
Bacteria
Protozoa
Microalgae
Virus of symbiotic chlorella of Paramecium bursaria
8. Availability of Cultures
Availability free to for education
subject for contact
9. Catalogue
Catalogue Plan to publish the first edition in 2013
Need help to publish
Number of Type Strains 2
Number of Publications last year 6
Number of distributions Last year 72
10. Services
Services Patent deposits
Storage service(Paramecium species )
Distribution(Paramecium)
Identification(Paramecium species)
Training Management of a culture collection
Culture and preservation methods
Karyotyping
Identification
Probabilistic identification
11. Entry and Update Dates
Date of Entry 2012-12-21
Date of Reply 2012-12-21