BCCM/LMG CHARGES AND FEES FOR CULTURES AND SERVICES 2006


BCCM/LMG
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent (RUG)
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent
Phone: 9-264.51.08
Fax: 9-264.53.46
E-mail: bccm.lmg@Ugent.be


PRELIMINARY REMARKS

Prices are given in EURO and may be updated without notice. Updates of the price list will be supplied on request.

Bank fees (where applicable) and the costs of packaging and shipping will be added to the invoice.

Bacteria are made available to all bona fide individuals operating in a professional environment suitable for handling living material of the biohazard group involved.

First orders from new clients should be sent on an order form with official letterhead, signed by an authorised person. Further orders can be made by fax, e-mail, Internet, etc, provided your customer number is mentioned on the order.

To avoid delay in delivery, copies of appropriate certificates or import licences, specific mailing tags or shipment regulations should accompany the order.

A discount is offered when ten or more strains are ordered at the same time.

Bacteria are routinely forwarded in freeze-dried form. A lab fee of 6.20 EURO will be added for bacterial cultures requested on agar.


BACTERIAL CULTURES

 

NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS

 

EURO

EURO

Normal price

38,00

52,00

Special price for selected Test-, Control- and Bioassay strains1
38,00
38,00
Special price for selected strains for Teaching purposes2
20,00
-


1 The list of these strains can be found in the BCCM catalogues of cultures.
A special reduction is applied when these strains are ordered in sets.

2 The list of the strains selected for teaching purposes can be found in the BCCM catalogues of cultures.
These prices are only applicable for schools and universities.


SAFE DEPOSITS

 

BACTERIA

 

EURO

Preservation and first year of storage

150,00

Additional year of storage, including assessment of viability and one subculture

48,00

Furnishing of a sample

40,00


PATENT DEPOSITS ACCORDING TO THE BUDAPEST TREATY

 

BACTERIA

 

EURO

Storage

550,00

Issue of a viability statement

- if the viability test is to be carried out

- based on the last viability test



50,00

20,00

Furnishing of a sample

50,00


PRESERVATION OF CULTURES

 

BACTERIA

 

EURO

Freeze-drying batch of 10 ampoules (single strain)

130,00

Freeze-drying batch of 20 ampoules (single strain)

164,00

Freeze-drying larger batches or preservation with other methods

on request


OTHER SERVICES AND CONTRACT RESEARCH

For all other types of services (e.g. IDENTIFICATION, PURIFICATION and CHARACTERISATION of strains) and extended research projects, cost estimates are provided without obligations and on a confidential basis. The price will depend on the technique(s) employed and the number of hours required.