1. Collection

Registered Number	597
Acronym	KCTC
Full Name	KCTC Korean Collection for Type Cultures
Institution	Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Mr. Jun-Mo Yeon
Postal Address	125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu,Daejeon,.,305-806
Country	Korea (Rep. of)
Telephone 1	(82) 42-8604600
Telephone 2	(82) 42-8604679
Fax 1	(82) 42-8604625
Fax 2	(82) 42-8604677
E-mail 1	jmyeun@kribb.re.kr
E-mail 2	sales@kribb.re.kr
Homepage	http://kctc.kribb.re.kr/English/index.aspx

3. Status of the collection

Status

Semi-governmental

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning(MSIP)

5. Personnel

Director	Dr. Song-Gun Kim E-Mail:dspark@kribb.re.kr
Curator	Dr. Doo-Sang Park (Animal Cell Line / Patent)
	Dr. Kee Sun Shin (Yeast)
	Dr. Young-Hyo Chang (Anaerobic)
	Dr. Song-Gun Kim (Bacteria Gram(-) / Plasmid)
	Dr. Byung-Chan Kim (Bacteria Gram(+) / Archaea / Phage / Extremophile)
	Dr. Kyung-Suk Bae Bae (Actinomycetes)
	Dr. Jung-Suk Lee (Microalgae)
	Dr. Kyung-Mo Kim (Mold)
	Dr. Suk-Won Kim (Plants Cell line)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (7) Mycology (2) Cell biology (2) Microalgae (1) Others (3) Total (15)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Applied microbiology
	Culture and preservation methods
	Evolutionary biology
	Freeze drying
	General microbiology
	Industrial microbiology
	Molecular biology
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Ecology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Molds, Yeast)
	L-drying(Bacteria)
	Liquid N2(Bacteria, Mold, Yeast, Animal Cell lines)
	Subculturing(Plant cell lines, Microalgae)
Deposit	Mainly to our collection
	Mainly to collections in our 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
	the collection abroad			NBRC(Japan)
	the collection abroad			DSMZ(Germany)
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	8870	3986
	Fungi	4087	2682
	Yeasts	2472	846
	Plasmids	578	149
	Cell lines: animal	157	0
	Cell lines: plants	641	0
	Archaea	181	44
	Microalgae	1313	1126
	Patent	4876	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	684	299
	Fungi	1114	1114
	Yeasts	16	15
	Plasmids	24	23
	Cell lines: animal	2	0
	Cell lines: plants	18	0
	Archaea	8	4
	Microalgae	21	21
	Patent	241	0

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	Exchange with most recognized collection
	Fee for price

9. Catalogue

10. Services

Services	Patent deposits(Bacteria, Mold, Yeast, Animal viruses, Plant viruses, Protozoa, Bacteriophages, Animal cell cultures, Plant cell cultures, Human cell cultures, Hybridomas, Eukaryotic DNA, Plasmids in hosts, Embryos, Algae, Seeds)
	Storage service(Bacteria, Fungi, Cell lines, Plasmids)
	Distribution(Bacteria, Molds, Yeasts, Animal cell lines, Plant cell lines, Microalgae)
	Identification(need to discuss with curators)
Training	Management of a culture collection
	Culture and preservation methods
	Quality control
Consulation about	Patent deposits
	Preservation
	General deposits, Technical support

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	2007-03-15
Date of Reply	2014-05-14

12. Strains

Bacteria Fungi