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This is the BCCM™/MUCL Yeasts and Fungi Culture Cataloge
Over 25,000 strains of filamentous and yeast-like fungi,
representing over 3 300 species of Ascomycetes,
Basidiomycetes, Hyphomycetes and Zygomycetes.
The mycological herbarium contains about 40,000
specimen. BCCM™/MUCL houses the Penicillium collections of
P. Biourge (founder of the collection in
1892) and G.L. Hennebert, as well as the UCL brewery yeast
collection, numerous type strains and isolates
of ecological and/or biotechnological importance.
The collection's agro-industrial focus is reflected by its
extensive holding of starter cultures for e.g. the manufacture
of fermented foods, animal feed, biopesticides
and biofertilisers (i.e. mycorrhizae), as well as by the
availability of cultures for the cultivation of edible
mushrooms or the production of important primary and secondary
metabolites (i.e. antibiotics, enzymes and
polysaccharides). Test and control strains used in bioassays,
biodeterioration and biodegradation tests are also available.
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