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 |