# BCCM//MUCL - (Agro)Industrial Fungi & Yeasts Collection
# Information file
#
# Version 2004.03.22.01
# Last Updated March 23, 2004
# Author: Domenico Marra & Francesca Piersigilli & Paolo Romano
# (c) CABRI 1999-2023
$BCCM_MUCL_RES=$Resource:[
description:
|<p>
|This is the BCCM™/MUCL Yeasts and Fungi Culture Cataloge<p>
|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.
contact:
|<ADDRESS>
|Ir. C. Decock<br>
|BCCM™/MUCL<br>
|Mycotheque de l'Universite Catholique de Louvain<br>
|Place Croix du Sud 3<br>
|B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve<p>
|Phone: +32-10-47.37.42<br>
|Fax: +32-10-45.15.01
|</ADDRESS><P>
www:
|<a href="http://bccm.belspo.be/about-us/bccm-mucl">\
|http://bccm.belspo.be/about-us/bccm-mucl</A><br>
|Email: <a href=mailto:bccm-mucl@uclouvain.be>bccm-mucl@uclouvain.be</a>
email:
|<a href="mailto:bccm-mucl@uclouvain.be">bccm-mucl@uclouvain.be</a>
]