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Why a culture collection of Cyanobacteria?
Wilmotte, Annick; Renard, Marine; Simons, Véronique
2016Meeting of the Belgian Interdisciplinary Biofilm Research
 

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Keywords :
Culture collection; cyanobacteria; biodiversity; bioactive compounds
Abstract :
[en] The BCCM/ULC public collection is funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office since 2011 and an ISO9001 certificate was obtained for the public deposition and distribution of strains, as part of the multi-site certification for the BCCM consortium. The collection aims to gather a representative portion of the polar cyanobacterial diversity with different ecological origins (limnetic mats, soil crusts, cryoconites, endoliths…) and make it available for researchers to study the taxonomy, evolution, adaptations to harsh environmental conditions, and genomic make-up. It presently includes 226 cyanobacterial strains, with 120 being of (Sub) Antarctic origin (http://bccm.belspo.be/catalogues/ulc-catalogue-search). The morphological identification shows that the strains belong to the orders of Synechococcales, Oscillatoriales, Pleurocapsales, Chroococcidiopsidales and Nostocales. Continuous maintenance of living cultures, some of which are also cryopreserved, ensure the preservation and the possibility to rapidly deliver strains to clients for fundamental and applied research.
Research center :
CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège
Disciplines :
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Wilmotte, Annick  ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Renard, Marine ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la vie > Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Simons, Véronique
Language :
English
Title :
Why a culture collection of Cyanobacteria?
Publication date :
08 September 2016
Number of pages :
A0
Event name :
Meeting of the Belgian Interdisciplinary Biofilm Research
Event organizer :
BIBR Belgian Interdisciplinary Biofilm Research
Event place :
Liège, Belgium
Event date :
8 September 2016
Name of the research project :
BCCM/ULC collection of cyanobacteria
Funders :
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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