| Registered Number | 190 |
| Acronym | IAM |
| Full Name | IAM Culture Collection |
| Institution | Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo |
| Correspondent | Assoc.Prof. Akira Yokota |
| Postal Address | 1-1-1, Yayoi,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo,113-0032 |
| Country | Japan |
| Telephone 1 | (81) 3-5841-7827 |
| Fax 1 | (81) 3-5841-8490 |
| E-mail 1 | uayoko@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
| Homepage | http://www.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/misyst/ColleBOX/IAMcollection.html |
| Status | University |
| Director | Assoc.Prof. Akira Yokota |
| Curator | Mr. Keiko Furihata (Actinomycetes) |
| Dr. Yoshiharu Miura (Fungi, Yeasts) | |
| Mr. Miyuki Isobe (Microalgae) | |
| Assoc. Prof. Midori Kurahasi (Bacteria) | |
| Assoc. Prof. Rio Yoguchi (Bacteria) | |
| Number of Staff |
Algology (1) Bacteriology (3) Mycology (1) Assistants (1) Total (6) |
| Subjects | Systematics and taxonomy |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Applied microbiology |
| Method and category of cultures | Freezer(Microalgae, Fungi) | ||||
| L-drying(Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi, Cyanobacteria) | |||||
| Liquid N2(Microalgae) | |||||
| Subculturing(Microalgae, Fungi) | |||||
| Control of the culture | Biochemical tests | ||||
| Molecular techniques | |||||
| Chemotaxonomic methods | |||||
| Deposit | Mainly to collections in our country | ||||
| ATCC(USA) | |||||
| DSMZ(Germany) | |||||
| JCM(Japan) | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| the collection abroad | ATCC(USA) | ||||
| the collection abroad | DSMZ(Germany) | ||||
| the collection abroad | NBRC(Japan) | ||||
| the collection abroad | JCM(Japan) | ||||
| the collection abroad | IAM(Japan) | ||||
| 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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| Algae | 457 | 0 | |||
| Bacteria | 1548 | 0 | |||
| Fungi | 1294 | 0 | |||
| Yeasts | 427 | 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) |
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| Algae | |||||||
| Bacteria | |||||||
| Fungi | |||||||
| Yeasts | |||||||
| Availability | Free to Academic culture collection within network |
| Catalogue | Publish own catalogue |
| Included in a regional catalogue IAM Catalogue of Strains | |
| Published the first catalogue in 1993 year(s) | |
| Planning to publish the 3rds edition in 2003 | |
| Online Catalogue http://www.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp:81/main.php |
| Services | Distribution(Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Microalgae) |
| Date of Entry | 1982-05-31 |
| Date of Reply | 2004-10-26 |
| Bacteria Fungi |