1. Collection

Registered Number	282
Acronym	IAL
Full Name	Nucleo de Colecao de Micro-organismos
Institution	Instituto Adolfo Lutz

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Dr. Tania Sueli Andrade
Postal Address	Av. Dr. Arnaldo 355,Sao Paulo,Sao Paulo,01246-902
Country	Brazil
Telephone 1	(55) 11-3068-2884
Telephone 2	(55) 11-3068-2883
Fax 1	(55) 11-3068-2884
E-mail 1	tsandrad@ial.sp.gov.br
E-mail 2	colecaoial@ial.sp.gov.br
Homepage	http://www.ial.sp.gov.br

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Government of the State of Sao Paulo

5. Personnel

Director	Dr. Tania Sueli Andrade E-Mail:tsandrad@ial.sp.gov.br
Curator	Dr. Tania Sueli de Andrade ( mycology) E-mail:tsandrad@ial.sp.gov.br
	Dr. Maria Antonietta R C L Silva ( bacteriology) E-mail:arusso@ial.sp.gov.br
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (3) Mycology (1) Laboratory technician (4) Higher level technician (4) woman secretary (1) Total (13)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Applied microbiology
	Culture and preservation methods
	Freeze drying
	General microbiology
	Industrial microbiology
	Medical microbiology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(Bacteria, fungi)
	Freezer(Bacteria, protozoa, fungi)
	Subculturing(Bacteria, protozoa, fungi)
Control of the culture	use of specific culture media
	microscopic examination
	BBL Crystal Identification Systems
	Identification by biochemical classic methods in microbiology
	Api 20 C aux
	molecular biology methods
Deposit	to your collection
	to other collections in your 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
	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)
	Bacteria	3685	2952
	Fungi	131	121
	Yeasts	120	110
	Protozoa	15	15

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	3113	2413			1180	980
	Fungi	130	120			300	240
	Yeasts	84	70
	Protozoa	15	15

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	free to projects with others institutions
	exchange with other collections
	fee for US$470,00

9. Catalogue

Catalogue

Published the first catalogue in 2001 year(s)

10. Services

Services	Storage service(bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa)
	Distribution(bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa)
	Identification(dematiaceous fungi)
Training	Management of a culture collection
	Culture and preservation methods
	Quality control
Consulation about	Preservation
	Propagation

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	2016-01-21

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi