OVERVIEW
Acronym
CIRM-CF-PTAPartner institution
Aix-Marseille Université
Description
CIRM-CF is a biological resources center dedicated to the conservation of filamentous fungi, largely of interest for agro-industries.
The primary role for this material, which is maintained under high-quality standards, is to contribute to enhance knowledge of scientific communities about the Fungal Kingdom. Besides, the collection is made accessible as support for research projects in many different fields e.g., green and white biotechnology, food processing, or on bioactive molecules.
Since 2006, the CIRM-CF collection and related conservation activities (e.g., strain acquisition, authentication and distribution) are certified ISO 9001.
SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN
Scientific domain
LS8_12 - Microbial ecology and evolution - Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution
LS9_4 - Microbial biotechnology and bioengineering - Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering
LS9_3 - Bioengineering of cells, tissues, organs and organisms - Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering
LS8_2 - Biodiversity - Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution
Keywords
fungi
INFRASTRUCTURE
Remote access details
CIRM-CF is open to scientific communities of both the academic and private sectors, upon request.
AMENITIES
Equipment
The CIRM-CF total offer includes:
- provision of fungal strains,
- collection of fungi and isolation of strains,
- generation of monokaryotic strains,
- deposition of strains (open or closed),
- screening, especially of enzyme activities (e.g., enzymatic characterization, development based on lignocellulosic substrates).