BCCM^TM/IHEM - BIOMEDICAL FUNGI AND YEASTS COLLECTION

• Holding
  Holding: Over 6,500 strains, mostly filamentous and yeast-like fungi of public health or related environmental interest. Special attention is given not only to fungi pathogenic for man or animal but also to allergenic species (Alternaria and Cladosporum). The collection holds various subcollections of fungi linked to specific diseases: for example a subcollection of over 500 Aspergillus fumigatus and over 300 Candida albicans strains isolated from human invasive diseases. Also present are important collections of keratinophilic fungi (dermatophytes, mainly Trichophyton and Microsporum) and black yeasts (Exophiala, Phialophora).

• Director-Promotor: Dr. N. Nolard

• Curator:Ir. F. Symoens

• Contact:
  Ir. F. Symoens
  BCCM^TM/IHEM
  Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur
  Mycology Section
  Rue J. Wytsmanstraat 14
  B-1050 Brussels
  Phone: +32-2-642.56.30
  Fax: +32-2-642.55.19
  E mail: f.symoens@iph.fgov.be

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