1. Collection
Registered Number 945
Acronym CRA-COLMIA
Full Name COLMIA Collezione di microrganismi di interesse agrario, industriale ed ambientale
Institution Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria-Centro di ricerca per la patologia vegetale
2. Correspondent
Correspondent Dr. Marina Barba
Postal Address Via C. G. Bertero 22,Roma,Roma,00156
Country Italy
Telephone 1 (39) 06-82070244
Fax 1 (39) 06-82070246
E-mail 1 marina.barba@crea.gov.it
E-mail 2 alessandra.belisario@crea.gov.it
Homepage http://www.colmia.it/ 
3. Status of the collection
Status Governmental
5. Personnel
Director Assoc.Prof. Marina Barba
6. Main Subjects
Subjects Agriculture
Applied microbiology
Fermentation
Food science
Industrial microbiology
Plant pathology
Ecology
Molecular biology
7. Preservation
Method and category of cultures Liquid N2(fungi)
L-drying(bacteria, viruses)
Subculturing(fungi)
Freezer(yeast, viruses)
filter paper(fungi)
water(fungi, Oomycota)
Control of the culture Biochemical tests
Molecular analysis
Morphological analysis
Pathogenicity tests
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from Isolation by ourselves
From the research institutions in our country
the collection abroadCBS(The netherlands)
the collection abroadBCCM/MUCL(Belgium)
the collection abroadATCC(USA)
Number of Strains until now Type Holding strains
(total number)/(number from your country)		 new species
(total number)/(number from your country)
Bacteria 585 0
Fungi 837 0
Yeasts 29 0
Viruses: plants 35 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
Viruses: plants
9. Catalogue
10. Services
11. Entry and Update Dates
Date of Entry 2009-07-24
Date of Reply 2016-03-01