# 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>
]