1. Collection

Registered Number	676
Acronym	IFRPD
Full Name	Institute of Food Research and Product Development, Kasetsart University

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Mr. Chakamas Wongkhalaung
Postal Address	P.O.Box 1043 Kasetsart,Bangkok,,10903
Country	Thailand
Telephone 1	(66) 2-5795552
Telephone 2	(66) 2-9428628
Fax 1	(66) 2-5611970
E-mail 1	ifrcmw@nontri.ku.ac.th

3. Status of the collection

Status	Governmental
	University

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

gorvernment

5. Personnel

Director	Mr. Chakamas Wongkhalaung
Curator	Mr. Malai Boonyaratanakornkit (Bacteria , yeast,fungi)
	Mr. Prima Yongmanitchai (Algae)
Number of Staff	Food microbiologist (3) Food scientist (5) Total (8)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Food science
	Applied microbiology
	General microbiology
	Fermentation
	Agriculture
	Industrial microbiology

7. Preservation

Deposit	Mainly to collections in our 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
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Algae	200	0
	Bacteria	100	0
	Fungi	60	0
	Yeasts	160	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)
	Algae
	Bacteria
	Fungi
	Yeasts

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability

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9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Published the first catalogue in 1994 year(s)
	No intention to publish

10. Services

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1987-12-11
Date of Reply	2000-03-30

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi