The laboratory of mycology, including the mycothèque (BCCM/MUCL) offers following services:
Distribution of biological material that is publicly available and distributable on a world-wide basis (including genomic DNA)
Deposit of biological material for public access or confidential access (safe deposit, patent deposit and also the storage of third party's biological material)
Accession, control, preservation, storage and supply of filamentous fungi, yeasts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of agro-food and environmental importance and related information in the frame of public deposits, safe deposits and patent deposits are ISO 9001:2015 certified.
Analyses
- Counting and isolation
- Detection of fungal contaminants in production systems/products (culture, colony count, isolation on suitable media, identification)
- Detection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (spore sampling, root colonization test, Most Probable Number assay)
- Identification
- DNA sequence-based identification
- House fungi diagnostic (e.g. Serpula)
- Characterisation
- Assays
Other services
- Training of individuals or groups
- Isolation, culture and preservation methods
- Conventional and molecular identification
- Taxonomy
- International training on In Vitro Culture of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
- Contractual and collaborative research
- Scientific consulting
