All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms – VKM

September 9, 2022

Collection Website

http://www.vkm.ru/

WDCM Identifier

342

Organizational structure

Academia

Collection Institution/Entity

IBPM RAS

Collection Contact

VKM IT

Position of Collection contact

IT

Collection Email

vanvkm@gmail.com

Collection Phone

+7 916 714 5451

  • Has continued institutional support
  • Ability to accept orphan collections

Collection Category

Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)

Collection follows best management practice guideline

OECD Best Practices Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (https://www.oecd.org/health/biotech/oecdbestpracticeguidelinesforbiologicalresourcecentres.htm), World Federation for Culture Collections Guidelines (http://www.wfcc.info/guidelines/)

Organisms in Collection

Fungi, Bacteria, Yeast

Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens

Availability and distribution mechanisms

Fee per strain for distribution

Services provided by Collection

Patent deposits, Storage service (safe deposit), Strain isolation/taxonomic identification, Contract screening, Consulting

Genus in Collection

Species: 5318, Quantity: 21592

Research fields relevant to Collection

Freeze drying and cryopreservation, General microbiology, Genetics, Molecular biology, Systematics and taxonomy