| Registered Number | 564 |
| Acronym | DMBUK |
| Full Name | Department of Microbiology |
| Institution | University of Kelaniya |
| Correspondent | Mr. Mahendra Gunawardane |
| Postal Address | University of Kelaniya,Kelaniya,Western Province,11600 |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Telephone 1 | (94) 11 290 3320 |
| Telephone 2 | (94) 77 915 2080 |
| Fax 1 | (94) 11 291 4485 |
| E-mail 1 | mahendra@kln.ac.lk |
| E-mail 2 | m.gunawardane@yahoo.co.uk |
| Homepage | http://www.kln.ac.lk/science/depts/micro/ |
| Status | University |
| Director |
Mr. Mahendra Gunawardane E-Mail:mahendra@kln.ac.lk |
| Curator | Mr. Mahendra Gunawardane (Overall Supervision) |
| Prof. S Widanapathirana (Bacterial Taxonomy) | |
| Assoc. Prof. Chandra Kodikara (Food Microbiology) | |
| Dr. D. L. Jayaratne (Virology and Genetics) | |
| Dr. Indrika Abeygunawardane (Industrial Microbiology) | |
| Dr. Deepthi Gunasena (Genetics and Food Microbiology) | |
| Dr. Vayanga Rathnayaka (Environmental Microbiology) | |
| Mr. Anura Edirisinghe (Food Technology) | |
| Mrs. Ramya Priyadarshani (Technical Officer (Preservation)) | |
| Ms. Sonali Ramanayaka (Technical Officer) | |
| Number of Staff |
Bacteriology (1) Mycology (1) Total (2) |
| Subjects | Applied microbiology |
| Biochemistry | |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Fermentation | |
| Food science | |
| Freeze drying | |
| General microbiology | |
| Industrial microbiology | |
| Molecular biology | |
| Systematics and taxonomy |
| Method and category of cultures | Freeze-dry(Bacteria and Fungi) | ||||
| Subculturing(Bacteria and Fungi) | |||||
| Control of the culture | Pure culture techniques | ||||
| Biochemical tests | |||||
| Morphological features | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| the collection abroad | ATCC(USA) | ||||
| 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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| Bacteria | 195 | 180 | |||
| Fungi | 8 | 8 | |||
| Yeasts | 1 | 0 | |||
| Plasmids | 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) |
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| Bacteria | |||||||
| Fungi | |||||||
| Yeasts | |||||||
| Plasmids | |||||||
| Availability | free to Academic culture collection within network |
| exchange with most recognized collection | |
| fee for US $ 25 minimum |
| Catalogue | Need help to publish |
| Services | Identification |
| Training | Culture and preservation methods |
| Quality control | |
| Systematics | |
| Identification | |
| Other Service | University undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research |
| Date of Entry | 1982-05-30 |
| Date of Reply | 2013-02-03 |
| Bacteria Fungi |