7. Preservation
| Method and category of cultures |
Subculturing(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Liquid N2(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Freeze-dry(Microfungi) |
| Mineral oil(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Sterile Water(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Sterile Glycerol(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Control of the culture |
Check for Viability and Growth |
| Check for Microbial Contamination |
| Check for Authenticity |
| Deposit |
to your collection |
| to other collections in your country |
| MTCC(India) |
| ITCC(India) |
| CBS(Netherlands) |
| DSMZ(Germany) |
| 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 |
| the collection abroad | ATCC(U.S.A.) |
| the collection abroad | DSMZ(Germany) |
| the collection abroad | NBRC(Japan) |
| Number of Strains until now |
Type |
Holding strains
(total number)/(number from your country) |
new species
(total number)/(number from your country) |
| Fungi |
3050 |
3045 |
20 |
20 |
10. Services
| Services |
Storage service(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Distribution(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Identification(Micro and Macrofungi) |
| Training |
Management of a culture collection |
| Culture and preservation methods |
| Quality control |
| Use of computers in culture collections |
| Systematics |
| Identification |
| Molecular systematics |
| Fermentation and isolation of secondary products |
| Consulation about |
Preservation |
| Propagation |
| Ecologically directed search for new and rare fungi and their selective isolation in pure culture |
| Designing screening for bioactive metabolites |
| Other Service |
Morphological identification of sporulating fungal cultures: [INR 300 to non profit and INR 1000 to profit organization] |
| Molecular identification- ITS sequence (partial) & BLAST search: [INR 3000 to non profit and INR 6000 to profit organization] |
| Molecular identification- ITS+D1/D2 & LSU (~1200 bp) & BLAST search: [INR 6000 to non profit, and INR 10000 to profit organization] |
| ITS sequence, digital image & brief description [Package]: [INR 6000 to non proft and INR 12000 to profit organization] |
| Total viable counts/CFU (fungi) in microbial products/soil & other sample: [INR 2500 to non profit, and INR 4000 to profit organization] |