1. Collection

Registered Number	493
Acronym	DBMU
Full Name	Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. Chuenchit Boonchird
Postal Address	Rama VI Rd.,Bangkok,Thailand,10400
Country	Thailand
Telephone 1	(66) 2-246-1358-74 Ext. 2709
Telephone 2	(66) 2-245-5650
Fax 1	(66) 2-246-3026
Fax 2	(66) 2-247-7050
E-mail 1	sccbc@mucc.mahidol.ac.th

3. Status of the collection

Status	Governmental
	University

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Government

5. Personnel

Director	Assoc.Prof. Chuenchit Boonchird
Curator	Prof. Timothy William Flegel (Mycology)
	Miss. Watanalai Panbangred (Genetic engineering)
	Prof. Saovanee Dhamsthiti (Bacteriology and Genetic Engineering)
	Assoc. Prof. Chuanpit De-Eknamkul (Yeast and Fungal Genetic)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Genetic engineering
	Industrial microbiology
	Food science
	General microbiology
	Fermention
	Molecular biology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freezer(Bacteria, Yeasts)
	Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Yeasts)
	Subculturing(Fungi, Silica gel: Fungi)
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
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	150	80
	Fungi	100	80
	Yeasts	60	50
	Plasmids	100	50
	Vectors	50	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)
	Bacteria
	Fungi
	Yeasts
	Plasmids
	Vectors

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability

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9. Catalogue

10. Services

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	1994-11-25

12. Strains

Bacteria