| Registered Number | 599 |
| Acronym | MZKI |
| Full Name | Microbial Culture Collection of National Institute of Chemistry |
| Institution | National Institute of Chemistry |
| Correspondent | Assoc.Prof. Nina Gunde-Cimerman |
| Postal Address | Hajdrihova 19,1000,Slovenia,P.O.B. 30 |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Telephone 1 | (386) 1-4760200 |
| Telephone 2 | (386) 1-4760333 |
| Fax 1 | (386) 1-4259244 |
| E-mail 1 | nina.gunde.cimerman@ki.si |
| Status | Governmental |
| Sponsor | Government - Ministry for Science and Technology of Slovenia |
| Industry |
| Director | Assoc.Prof. Nina Gunde-Cimerman |
| Curator | Assoc. Prof. Nina Gunde-Cimerman (Fungi-Halotolerant and Halophilic) |
| Assoc. Prof. Butinar Lorena (Fungi, Yeasts) | |
| Number of Staff |
Mycology (2) Assistants (1) Total (3) |
| Subjects | Biochemistry |
| Molecular biology | |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Ecology | |
| Systematics and taxonomy | |
| Physiology | |
| Industrial microbiology | |
| Applied mycology | |
| Fermention | |
| Halotolerant and halophilic fungi | |
| Fungi isolated from karstic caves | |
| Enthomopathogenic fungi |
| Method and category of cultures | Liquid N2(Fungi) | ||||
| Freeze-dry(NA) | |||||
| Subculturing(NA) | |||||
| Mineral oil(Fungi) | |||||
| Control of the culture | Viability | ||||
| Production of extracellular enzymes | |||||
| Production of secondary metabolites | |||||
| Deposit | Mainly to our collection | ||||
| Mainly to collections in our country | |||||
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from | Personally from the scientists in our country | ||||
| From the collections in our country | |||||
| the collection abroad | ATCC(USA) | ||||
| 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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| Fungi | 2000 | 1500 | |||
| Yeasts | 300 | 200 | |||
| 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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| Fungi | |||||||
| Yeasts | |||||||
| Availability | Free to collaborators |
| Exchange with Culture collections | |
| Fee for Industry: US$ 27.00 | |
| Fee for University: US$ 20.00 | |
| Fee for Individuals: US$ 27.00 |
| Catalogue | Publish own catalogue |
| Published the first catalogue in 1992 year(s) | |
| Planning to publish the second edition in 2001 | |
| Catalogue of Culture Collection |
| Services | Distribution(Fungi, Yeasts) |
| Identification(fungi,yeasts) | |
| Training | Culture and preservation methods |
| Quality control | |
| Identification | |
| Management of a culture collection - isolation methods | |
| Consulation about | Patent deposits |
| Preservation | |
| Propagation | |
| Shipment regulations |
| Date of Entry | 1993-08-18 |
| Date of Reply | 2001-03-27 |
| Fungi |