1. Collection

Registered Number	337
Acronym	RIA
Full Name	The Russia Research Institute for Antibiotics Culture Collection
Institution	Russia Research Institute for Antibiotics

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. S. E. Gorin
Postal Address	Nagatinskaya, 3-a,Moscow,,113105
Country	Russian Federation
Telephone 1	(7) 111-20-20

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

The Ministry of Medical Industry of Russia

5. Personnel

Director	Assoc.Prof. S. E. Gorin
Curator	Assoc. Prof. O. A. Bushueva (Actinomycetes)
	Assoc. Prof. S. V. Ustujanina (Fungi)
	Assoc. Prof. V. V. Esipova (Bacteria)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (5) Mycology (1) Assistants (7) Total (13)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Genetics
	Genetic engineering
	Industrial microbiology
	Culture and preservation methods
	Freeze drying
	General microbiology
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Antibiotic

7. Preservation

Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	1558	0
	Fungi	394	0
	Yeasts	12	0
	Plasmids	103	0
	Vectors	2	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
	Plasmids
	Vectors

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability

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9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Included in a regional catalogue
	Catalogue of Cultures of Microorganisms Maintained in the Institute of the Russia 1981 Published once every year

10. Services

Services	Distribution(On exchange)
	Patent deposits(Under the Budapest treaty)
	Storage service(Freeze-drying)
Consulation about	Patent deposits
	Preservation
	Propagation

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	1988-04-28

12. Strains

Bacteria