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Other Herbaria and Resources Worldwide

 

Biodiversity

Organizations

Patents

Safety & Standards

Collection Organizations

  • UKFCC (United Kingdom Federation of Culture Collections), Dr J.Day, Secretary, Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (freshwater), Institute of Freshwater Ecology, The Ferry House, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LP. Tel: +44-15394-42468, Fax: +44-15394-46914, Email: ccap@ife.ac.uk

  • ECCO (European Culture Collections Organisations), Dr Maija-Liisa Suitiko, Secretary, VTT, Biotechnology and Food Research, PO Box 1501, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland, Tel: +358 0 456 5133, Fax: +358 0 455 2028, E-mail: maija-liisa.suitiko@VTT.FI

  • WFCC (World Federation for Culture Collections), Dr D Fritze, Secretary, Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-3300 Braunschweig, Germany, Tel: +49 531 26160, Fax: +49 531 261 6418, E-mail: dsm@gbf-braunschweig.de

  • MIRCEN (Microbial Resource Centres), The MIRCEN Secretariat Division of Scientific Research and Higher Education, United Nations Educational Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75700 Paris, France, Tel: +331 4568 3883; Fax: +331 4306 1122

Other Herbaria and Resources World-Wide

Customers are advised where they may find alternative suppliers or further information if the UKNCC can not provide the strains or a service. The following section provides the contacts for this information.

UK Based

Overseas

Databases to contact

WDCM (World Data Center for Microorganisms) Center for Information Biology, National Insitute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima Shizuoka 411, Japan. (SUGAWARA Hideaki)Tel: +81-559-81-6895; Fax: +81-559-81-6896; URL: http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp/, Email: hsugawar@GENES.NIG.AC.JP

MSDN The secretariat is based at 63 Wostenholm Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield S7 1LE. (Sunil Nandi) Tel: +44- 114 258 3397; Fax: +44- 114 258 3402, Email: s.nandi@sheffield.ac.uk.

UK BASED COLLECTIONS - NOT PUBLIC SERVICE COLLECTIONS

Actinomycetes

CNU Collection Of Newcastle University, Department of Microbiology, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU

LIVERPOOL: BOTANY DEPARTMENT, The University, P O Box 147, Liverpool, Merseyside

Algae

PLYMOUTH COLLECTION, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2PD

Bacteria

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, The University, University Walk, Bristol, Avon BS8 1TD

FBABC Freshwater Biological Association Bacterial Collection, Ferry House, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria LA 22 0LP

HULL: DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY, The University, Hull HU6 7RX North Humberside

IACR Long Ashton Research Station, Integrated Approach to Crop Research, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, Long Ashton, Bristol BS18 9AF

LEICESTER DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, The University, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH

MUCOB Manchester University Collection of Bacteria, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT

PHILIP HARRIS BIOLOGICAL LIMITED, Oldmixon, Weston-super-Mare, Avon BS24 9BJ

PHLS/WHO Collaborating Center for Research And Reference for Leptospirosis, County Hospital, Hereford HR1 2ER

RCS Imperial College of Science & Technology, London University, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB, UK.

RHODES COLLECTION OF PSEUDOMONAS, University College of Wales, Department of Botany & Microbiology, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA

RLCC Roussel Laboratories Culture Collection, Microbiological QC, Roussel Laboratories Ltd, Kingfisher Drive, Covingham, Swindon, Wiltshire

ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Nutrition Division, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland

SALMONELLA AND SHIGELLA REFERENCE LABORATORY, Public Health Laboratory Service, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT

ST IVEL, Starter & Development Laboratory, St Ivel, Station Road, Wooton Barrett, Wiltshire

STRATHCLYDE: DIVISION OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, The University, Royal College Building, George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW

TATE AND LYLE LTD. GROUP CULTURE COLLECTION, Tate and Lyle Research & Technology, PO Box 68, Reading, Berkshire RG6 2BX

UNILEVER RESEARCH LABORATORY, COLWORTH MICROBIOLOGICAL CULTURE COLLECTION, Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedford MK44 1LQ

WPBS Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Nitrogen Fixation & Nutrient Cycling Group, Plant & Cell Biology Department, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3EB

ZENECA Jealott's Hill Research Station, Plant Pathology Department, Imperial Chemical Industries, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell, Berks. RG12 6EY

Filamentous fungi

APPC Aquatic Phycomycete Culture Collection, Plant Science Laboratory, Reading University, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 2AS

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY, University Of Bath, Culture Collection, School of Biological Sciences, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road. Edinburgh EH9 3JH

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, The University, University Walk, Bristol, Avon BS8 1TD

GLAXO RESEARCH LIMITED, Microbiology Division, Stevenage, Herts.

HRI Horticultural Research International - Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF

HULL: COLLECTION OF SLEROTIA-FORMING FUNGI, The University, Department of Plant Biology & Genetics, Cottingham Road, Hull, North Humberside

PHILIP HARRIS BIOLOGICAL LIMITED, Oldmixon, Weston-super-Mare, Avon BS24 9BJ

PPCC Portsmouth University formerly Portsmouth Polytechnic Culture Collection, Department of Biological Sciences, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth PO1 2DY

QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, University of London, Biology Department, Bancroft Road, north Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

RBG Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK.

RCS Imperial College of Science & Technology, London University, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB, UK.

RLCC Roussel Laboratories Culture Collection, Microbiological QC, Roussel Laboratories Ltd, Kingfisher Drive, Covingham, Swindon, Wiltshire

STRATHCLYDE: DIVISION OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, The University, Royal College Building, George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW

TATE AND LYLE LTD. GROUP CULTURE COLLECTION, Tate and Lyle Research & Technology, PO Box 68, Reading, Berkshire RG6 2BX

ZENICA Jealott's Hill Research Station, Plant Pathology Department, Imperial Chemical Industries, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell, Berks. RG12 6EY

Protozoa

CRYOBANK FOR PARASITIC PROTOZOA, Department Of Medical Photozoology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), Department of Zoology, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

LIVERPOOL: SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE, The University, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside L3 5QA

TSETSE RESEARCH LABORATORY, University of Bristol, School fo Vetinary Medicine, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DU

COLLECTION OF TOXOPLASMA CYSTOZOITE, Public Health Laboratory, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT

Viruses

JOHN INNES PLANT VIRUS COLLECTION, John Innes Institute, Colney Lane, Norwich NOR 7OF

IOUL Institute of Opthalmology, Sub-Department of Virology, University of London, Judd Street, London WC1H 9QS

Yeasts

STRATHCLYDE: DIVISION OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, The University, Royal College Building, George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW

TATE AND LYLE LTD. GROUP CULTURE COLLECTION, Tate and Lyle Research & Technology, PO Box 68, Reading, Berkshire RG6 2BX

COLLECTIONS OVERSEAS

Algae

ATCC American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA. Tel: 800-638-6597 Fax: 703-365-2750 Email: sales@atcc.org

IPPAS Collection of Microalgae of the Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya st. 35, 127276, Moscow, Russia, Phone: +7-095-4822904, Fax: +7-095-4821685

JCM Japan collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-01 Japan.Tel: 0484 62 1111, Fax: 0484 64 5651

NIVA Culture Collection of Algae, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, P.O. Box 173 Kjelsas, N-0411, Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-22185100, Fax: +47-22185200, Telex 74190 nivan

Animal cells

ATCC American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA. Tel: 800-638-6597 Fax: 703-365-2750 Email: sales@atcc.org

DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel: +49-531-2616 220, Fax: +49-531-2616 418, Email: sales@dsmz.de

JCM Japan collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-01 Japan.Tel: 0484 62 1111, Fax: 0484 64 5651

Bacteria

ATCC American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA. Tel: 800-638-6597 Fax: 703-365-2750 Email: sales@atcc.org

BDBPI Bacteriology Department, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 Delta Street, G-14561, Kiphissia, Athens, Greece, Tel: +301-8078832/6203137(dir.), Fax: +301-8077506

CAPM Collection of Animal Pathogenic Microorganisms, Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, CS-62132, Brno, Czech Republic, Tel:+42-5-41321241, Fax: +42-5-41211229, Telex 62475 vuvet c Brno, Czechoslovakia. Tel: +42-5-337231, Fax: +42-5-41211214, Email: 75: DBI 0154 (c/o R. Bures)

CCUG Culture Collection University of Goteborg, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Goteborg, Guldhedsgatan 10, S-41346, Goteborg, Sweden, Phone: +46-31-604625, Fax: +46-31-825484, Email: falsen@ccug.gu.se/75: DBI0070/tixcc@seguc21>

CCTM Centre de Collection de Type Microbien, Institut Universitaire de Microbiologie - CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 44, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel: +41-21-3142339, Fax: +41-21-3143181, Telex 25012

CFBP Station de Pathologie Vegetale et Phytobacteriologie, Collection Francaise des Bacteries Phytopathogenes, I.N.R.A., Rue G. Morel 42, B.P. 57, F-49070, Beaucouze Cedex, France, Tel: +33-41735161/41225729, Fax: +33-41735101/41225705, Telex inrager 720565 f

CNBLM Collectione Nationale de Bacteria, Lab. Microbiologia, Centro per l'Ecologia Teorica e Applicata CETA, Via Vittorio Veneto 19, I-34170 , Gorizia, Italy, Phone: +39-481-536566/536466, Fax: +39-481-536470

CNCM Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes, Institut Pasteur, Rue du Docteur Roux 25, F-75724, Paris Ceddex 15, France. Tel: +33-1-45688251/50, Fax: +33-1-45688236, Telex 250609 pasteur f

CNCTC Czechoslovak National Collection of Type Cultures, National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, CS-10042, Prague 10, Czech Republic, Phone: +42-2-731241-8/67310578-583, Fax: +42-2-736580/746024, Telex 122 662

DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel: +49-531-2616 220, Fax: +49-531-2616 418, Email: mail@dsmz.de

DBUA Department of Biology, Section of Ecology and Systematics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, G-15784, Athens, Greece, Tel: +30-1-7244380(labo)/ 7264322(kaps) /7284324(gonou), Fax: +30 1 7243325, Email: athumce@atlas.uoa.ariadne-t.gr/ekapsan@atlas.uoa.ariadne-t.gr

DBVPG Collezione del Lieviti Industriali, Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Borgno XX Giugno, 74, I-06121, Perugia, Italy, Phone: +39-75-5856300, Fax: +39-75-5856299, Telex unipg i 662078

DCC Dairy Culture Collection, Faculty of Biotechnology, Agricultural College of Athens, Iera Odos 75, G- 11855, Otanikos Athens, Greece. Tel: +301-5294661(dir.)/5294643(labo), Fax: +301-5294651, Email: kalatz@aua.ariadne-t.gr

FAT Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

FLRM Farmitalia Laboratori Ricerche Microbiologia, Milan, Italy.

FRR Division of Food Research, Food Research Laboratory, CSIRO, Dehli Road, North Ryde, New South Wales, PO Box 52, NSW, Australia.

HNCMB Hungarian National Collection of Medical Bacteria, National Institute of Hygiene, Gyali ut 2-6, H-1097, Budapest, Hungary. Tel: +36-1-142250, Telex 225349 oki h

HUT Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 730, Japan.

IAM Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

IFO Institute for Fermentation, Osaka 532, Japan. Tel: +81 3 5814 5811 Fax: +81 3 5814 5822

JCM Japan collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-01 Japan.Tel: 0484 62 1111, Fax: 0484 64 5651

KUKENS Centre for Research and Application of Culture Collections of Microorganisms, Microbiology Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Temel Bilimler Binasi, TR34390, Capa-Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: +90-212-5348640, Fax: +90-212-5348640

LMG Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Faculteit der Weteschappen, K.L. Ledeganckstraat, 35,B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Tel: +32-9-2645108, Fax: +32-9-2645346;Email: Danielle.janssens@rug.ac.be

NBIMCC National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cellular cultures, 125 Tsarigradsko chaussee blvd., Bl.2, BG-1113 Sofia, Bulagaria. Tel: +359-2-720865, Fax: +359-2-700228

NCAIM National Collection of Agricultural & Industrial Microorganisms, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Horticulture and Food Industry, Somloi ut 14-16, H-1118, Budapest , Hungary. Tel: +36-1-2671390, Fax: +36-1-2671304, Telex 226011uhort, Email: 75: DBI0185/H8136tor@huella.bitnet

NRRL Northern Utilization Research Branch, USDA, Peoria, Illinois 61604, USA (formerly Northern Regional Research Laboratory).

PCM Polish Collection of Microorganisms, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Czerska 12, PL-53114, Wroclaw, Poland, Phone: +48-71-679081/679424, Fax: +48-71-679111, Telex 0715121 imt pl

VKPM Russian Collection of Industrial Microorganisms, Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, I Dorozhny proezd 1, 113545, Moscow, Russia. Tel: +7-095-3151210, Fax: +7-095-3150501, Telex 411718 genom su

VTT Biotechnology and Food Research, PO Box 1501, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland Tel: +358-0-4565133, Fax: +358-0-4552028, Email: maija-liisa.suihko@vtt.fi

Filamentous fungi

ARSARS Culture Collection Investigations, Fermentation Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, Washington DC 20250, USA.

ATCC American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA. Tel: 800-638-6597 Fax: 703-365-2750 Email: sales@atcc.org

CBS Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Oosterstraat 1, PO Box 273, 3740 AG Baarn, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-2154-81211, Fax: +31-2154-16142, Email: stalpers@cbs.knaw.nl

CCF Department of Botany, Culture Collection of Fungi, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benatska 2, CS-12801, Prague 2, Czech Republic. Tel: +42-2-24915520, Email: kubatova@prfdec.natur.cuni.cz

CECT Coleccion Espanola de Cultivos Tipo, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidad de Valencia, C/Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100, Burjassot, Spain, Phone: +34-6-3864612, Fax: +34-6-3864372, Email: belloch@evalun11

CNCM Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes, Institut Pasteur, Rue du Docteur Roux 25, F-75724, Paris Ceddex 15, France. Tel: +33-1-45688251/50, Fax: +33-1-45688236, Telex 250609 pasteur f

CSIRO Council for Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Dehli Road, North Ryde, New South Wales, PO Box 52, NSW 2113, Australia.

DAOM Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research (CLBRR), Canada Agriculture, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6.

DGISP Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology, Ryvangs, Alle 78, DK-2900 Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.

DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel: +49-531-2616 220, Fax: +49-531-2616 418, Email: mail@dsmz.de

DBUA Department of Biology, Section of Ecology and Systematics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, G- 15784, Athens, Greece, Tel: +30-1-7244380(labo)/ 7264322(kaps) /7284324(gonou), Fax: +30 1 7243325, Email: athumce@atlas.uoa.ariadne-t.gr/ekapsan@atlas.uoa.ariadne-t.gr

FAT Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

FCUG Fungal Cultures, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Goteborg, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22, S-41319 , Goteborg, Sweden, Phone: +46-18-182794, Fax: +46-18-508702, Email: nils.hallenberg@systbot.gu.se

FGSC Fungal Genetic Stock Center, California State University, Humnboldt, Arcata, California 95521, USA.

HAC Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan (formerly Hyogo University of Agriculture, Sasayama).

HACC Hindustani Antibiotics Ltd, Pimpri, Poona, India.

IAM Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 11012, India.

IFO Institute for Fermentation, Osaka 532, Japan. Tel: +81 3 5814 5811 Fax: +81 3 5814 5822

IJFM Instituto Jaime Ferran de Microbiologica del Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain (IJFM is a prefix used by Ramirez).

IJMARI Indian Jute Mills Association Research Institute, Calcutta, India.

IHEM Institute of Hygeine and Epidemiology, Mycology Laboratory, Rue Juliette Wytsman, 14, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: +32-2-6425517, Fax: +32-2-6425519

IMUR Instituto de Micologia Universidade, Recife, Brazil.

ITCC Indian Type Culture Collection, IARI, New Delhi 11012, India.

JCM Japan collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-01 Japan.Tel: 0484 62 1111, Fax: 0484 64 5651

KUKENS Centre for Research and Application of Culture Collections of Microorganisms, Microbiology Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Temel Bilimler Binasi, TR34390, Capa-Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: +90-212-5348640, Fax: +90-212-5348640

MP Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 7 rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris, France. Tel: +33-1-40793194, Fax: +33-1-40793594, Telex musnahn 202641 f, Email: bitnet: crypro@frmnhn11

MR Mycological Herberium of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, (now Mycological Herbarium of Federation of Zimbabwe and Malawi).

MUCL Mycoteque de l'Universite Catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud 3, Bte 6, B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. Tel: +32-10-473742, Fax: +32-10-451501, Email: hennebert@mbla.ucl.ac.be

MZKIBK Culture Collection of Fungi, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, P.O. Box 30, SLO-61115, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Phone: +386-61-1232061, Fax: +386-61-1259244/ 1257069, Telex 39722, Email: aleksa.cimerman@ki.si

NRRL Northern Utilization Research Branch, USDA, Peoria, Illinois 61604, USA (formerly Northern Regional Research Laboratory).

OAC Herbarium, Department of Botany and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.

VTT Biotechnology and Food Research, PO Box 1501, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland. Tel: +358-0-4565133, Fax: +358-0-4552028, Email: maija-liisa.suihko@vtt.fi

WB Wisconsin Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

TRTC University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1AI.

UAMH University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium, Devonian Botanic Garden, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1. Email: lynne.sigler@ualberta.ca

UPSC Uppsala University Culture Collection of Fungi, Botanical Museum, University of Uppsala, Villavegen 6, P.O. Box 541, S-75121, Uppsala, Sweden, Phone: +46-18-182794, Fax: +46-18-508702, Email: fytooc@fytoc.uu.se

VKMF All Russian Collection of Microorganisms, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Pushchino 142292, USSR. Tel: +7-095-9257448/+7-2316576 prive, Fax: +7-095-9233602, Telex 412609 micro su, Email: vkm@stack.serpukhov.su

Plasmids

LMBP Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Plasmid Collection, University of Gent (RUG), K.L. Ledeganckstraat, 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Tel: +32-9-2645131, Fax: +32-9-2645348

Viruses

ATCC American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA. Tel: 800-638-6597 Fax: 703-365-2750 Email: sales@atcc.org

Yeasts

ATCC American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA. Tel: 800-638-6597 Fax: 703-365-2750 Email: sales@atcc.org

CBS Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Oosterstraat 1, PO Box 273, 3740 AG Baarn, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-2154-81211, Fax: +31-2154-16142, Email: stalpers@cbs.knaw.nl

CCY Czechoslovak Collection of Yeasts, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Dubravska cesta, CS-84238, Bratislava, Czech Republic. Tel: +42-7-3782625, Fax:+42-7-373811, Email: chemvad@savba.sk

CNCM Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes, Institut Pasteur, Rue du Docteur Roux 25, F-75724, Paris Ceddex 15, France. Tel: +33-1-45688251/50, Fax: +33-1-45688236, Telex 250609 pasteur

DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel: +49-531-2616 220, Fax: +49-531-2616 418, Email: mail@dsmz.de

IFO Institute for Fermentation, Osaka 532, Japan. Tel: +81 3 5814 5811 Fax: +81 3 5814 5822

IGC Portuguese Yeast Culture Collection, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Rua da Quinta Grande 6, Apartado 14, P-2781, Oeiras Codex, Portugal, Phone: +351-1-4431436, Fax: +351-1-4431631, Email: ispencer@gulbenkian.pt/75: DBI0261

NRRL Northern Utilization Research Branch, USDA, Peoria, Illinois 61604, USA (formerly Northern Regional Research Laboratory).

VTT Biotechnology and Food Research, PO Box 1501, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland Tel: +358-0-4565133, Fax: +358-0-4552028, Email: maija-liisa.suihko@vtt.fi