Details for BCCM/ITM
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| Collection data |
| Name | BCCM/ITM |
| Alternative name | BCCM Mycobacteria collection |
| Description | The BCCM/ITM collection is part of the ISO 9001-certifified BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Our collection is specialized in mycbobacteria from human, animal and environmental origin. The collection holds over 700 freeze-dried strains and DNA extracts for a selection of them. We accept public and safe deposits, and distribute viable bacilli as well as DNA extracts. |
| Description for specialists | BCCM/ITM focuses on Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains representing different drug-resistance profiles and genotypes. It also houses the former TDR-TB Strain bank (Vincent et al., 2012), with documented minimal inhibitory concentrations to first and/or second line anti-TB drugs and whole genome sequence data.
In addition, we offer a broad variety of non-tuberculous mycobacteria, with an emphasis on the clinically most relevant species.
DNA extracts are provided as thermolysates, but purified genomic DNA can be retrieved upon request. |
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| Provenance | |
| Notes | |
| Primary grouping principle | Repository |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Part of collection | |
| Related collection(s) | BCCM Co-ordination Cell
BCCM/DCG Diatom Collection
BCCM/IHEM Biomedical Fungi and Yeast Collection
BCCM/GeneCorner Plasmid Collection
BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection
BCCM/MUCL Agro-industrial Fungi and Yeast Collection
BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria Collection |
| Known to contain types | Includes types |
| Rights |
| Rights | |
| Access rights | Biological material of the public collection is accessible to the scientific community under the conditions of the BCCM Material Transfer Agreement. |
| Usage restrictions | See catalogue record of each resource and conditions specified in the Material Transfer Agreement.. |
| Collection types |
| Cell cultures |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
| Level 6 |
Identified, integrated, and adequately curated. |
| Date |
19-08-2016 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Development status |
| Active growth |
| Collectors |
| See catalogue record of each resource |
| Collection extents |
| Not entered |
| Kingdom coverage |
| Eubacteria |
| Taxon coverage |
| Mycobacterium |
| Living time periods |
| Not entered |
| Specimen preservation methods |
| Freeze-dried, Frozen |
| Media |
| mycobacteria-specific culture medium |
| Item level access |
| Source: www.bccm.belspo.be |
| Related material |
| Not entered |
