| Registered Number | 980 |
| Acronym | RYCASI |
| Full Name | Rumen Yeast Collection of Animal Science Institute |
| Institution | Animal Science Institute |
| Correspondent | Assoc.Prof. Yoandra Marrero |
| Postal Address | Carretera Central Km 47 1/2,San Jose de las Lajas,Mayabeque,32700 |
| Country | Cuba |
| Telephone 1 | (53) 47-59-9180 |
| Telephone 2 | (53) 47-59-9433 |
| E-mail 1 | ymarrero@ica.co.cu |
| E-mail 2 | ngonzalez@ica.co.cu |
| Homepage | http://www.ica.inf.cu |
| Status | Governmental |
| Research Institute |
| Sponsor | ICA |
| CITMA | |
| MES |
| Director |
Dr. Yoandra Marrero E-Mail:ymarrero@ica.co.cu |
| Curator | Assoc. Prof. Niurca Gonzalez (Researcher) |
| Assoc. Prof. Juana Galindo (Researcher) | |
| Ms. Ana Aldana (Technician) | |
| Ms. Onidia Moreira (Technician) | |
| Number of Staff |
Bacteriology (4) Assistants (2) Mycology (4) Protozoology (4) Rumen Microbiology (6) Total (20) |
| Subjects | Applied microbiology |
| Genetic engineering | |
| Biochemistry | |
| Industrial microbiology | |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Molecular biology | |
| Ecology | |
| Physiology | |
| Environmental protection | |
| Systematics and taxonomy | |
| Fermentation | |
| Food science | |
| General microbiology | |
| Rumen microbiology |
| Method and category of cultures | Freezer(yeast) | ||||
| Control of the culture | Biochemical tests | ||||
| Molecular Biology | |||||
| Deposit | Mainly to collections in our country | ||||
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from | Isolation by ourselves | ||||
| From the collections in our country | |||||
| From the research institutions 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) |
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| Yeasts | 14 | 14 | |||
| 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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| Yeasts | |||||||
| Availability | Free to Nodo GBIF Cuba |
| Research projects |
| Training | Culture and preservation methods |
| Isolate of ruminal yeast | |
| Evaluation of yeast as ruminal additive | |
| Consulation about | Isolate of ruminal yeast |
| Evaluation of yeast as ruminal additive |
| Date of Entry | 2011-02-26 |
| Date of Reply | 2013-05-06 |