| Registered Number | 1084 |
| Acronym | KPD |
| Full Name | Collection of Plasmids and Microorganisms |
| Institution | University of Gdansk |
| Comment | We are a non-profit collection based at the academic institution which provides scientific community both from public and non-public sector with access to cloning vectors, recombinant DNA constructs, natural plasmids or plasmid bearing bacterial strains with potential application in molecular biology, biotechnology and bioengineering. |
| Correspondent | Dr. Anna - Karina Kaczorowska |
| Postal Address | Wita Stwosza 59,Gdansk,pomorskie,80-308 |
| Country | Poland |
| Telephone 1 | (48) - 58 523 60 70 |
| Fax 1 | (48) - 58 523 60 74 |
| E-mail 1 | anna.kaczorowska@biol.ug.edu.pl |
| E-mail 2 | kpd@ug.edu.pl |
| Status | University |
| Sponsor | University of Gdansk |
| Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education |
| Director |
Mr. Anna-Karina Kaczorowska E-Mail:anna.kaczorowska@biol.ug.edu.pl |
| Curator | Dr. Anna -Karina Kaczorowska (microbiology, molecular biology, Ph.D.) E-mail: anna.kaczorowska@biol.ug.edu.pl |
| Dr. Magdalena Cichowicz-Cieślak (microbiology, molecular biology, Ph.D.) E-mail: |
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| Number of Staff |
Bacteriology (1) Molecular Biology (1) Administration/secretariat (1) Total (3) |
| Subjects | Applied microbiology |
| Ecology | |
| General microbiology | |
| Genetic engineering | |
| Genetics | |
| Marine biology | |
| Medical microbiology | |
| Molecular biology |
| Method and category of cultures | Freezer(bacteria, archaea, plasmid host strains, microbial genetic material: natural plasmids, DNA vectors) | ||||
| Freezer(DNA samples) | |||||
| Liquid N2(bacteria ) | |||||
| Freeze-dry(bacteria) | |||||
| Control of the culture | Viability check | ||||
| Purity check | |||||
| Authenticity test (e.g. analysis restriction site pattern, growth on selective medium) | |||||
| Molecular tests | |||||
| MALDI TOF analysis | |||||
| Deposit | to your collection | ||||
| to other collections in your country | |||||
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from | Isolation by ourselves | ||||
| Personally from the scientists in our country | |||||
| From the collections in our country | |||||
| From the research institutions in our country | |||||
| Number of Strains until now | Type | Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country) |
new species (total number)/(number from your country) |
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| Bacteria | 612 | 443 | |||
| Plasmids | 34 | 10 | |||
| Vectors | 15 | 0 | |||
| 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) |
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| Bacteria | |||||||
| Plasmids | |||||||
| Vectors | |||||||
| Availability | free to academic culture collection within network |
| free to selected academic and educational activities | |
| free to scientist (on request for non-for-profit research) | |
| exchange with other collections | |
| exchange with with other cooperation partners |
| Services | Storage service(any kind of cryopreserved biological material that can be stored at -80C ) |
| Distribution | |
| Identification(bacteria ) | |
| Other Service | Public deposit Public deposit (archaea, bacteria, plasmids, microbial host strains, laboratory bacterial strains, DNA vectors) |
| Isolation of plasmid/ chromosomal DNA | |
| Sequence analysis of non-characterized plasmids | |
| Educational services for schools | |
| Storage deposit of unpublished research material (service to the University of Gdańsk and collaborators) |
| Date of Entry | 2015-02-05 |
| Date of Reply | 2020-12-21 |