Microbial collection
COLLECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABORATORY MICROBIAL STRAINS (CELMS)
The collection of non-medical environmental and laboratory microbial strains, CELMS, situated at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu was founded in 1995.
Since 2008 the collection is registered at World Federation of Culture Collections - World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WFCC-MIRCEN) under the registry number 926. CELMS is also a member of European Culture Collections’ Organisation (ECCO).
Collection CELMS is in primary specialising non-pathogenic bacteria from a variety of environmental habitats such as polluted areas with strong oil shale mining and chemical industry impact, from different regions of the Baltic Sea, river Emajõgi, birch sap, maple sap, etc.. CELMS includes a wide range of type cultures and strains of academic interest, both in the sense of scientific and educational purposes. Different microbiological and molecular biology methods have been used for the characterization of the deposited strains. Due to our main research activities the collection contains several bacterial strains able to degrade different aromatic and/or aliphatic hydrocarbons.
The majority of the collection is stored at -80°C.
Microbial strains are dispatched according to recommendations of ECCO by using the Material Transfer Agreement (MTA). Application of CELMS strains in scientific purposes is free of charge.
Catalogue of the collection is available in the Estonian Electronic Microbial dataBase (EEMB) at the following address: http://eemb.ut.ee/celms/main_list.php
The collection is financed by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research.
Contact:
Signe Viggor
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Tartu
23 Riia Street
Tartu 51010
Estonia
e-mail: signe.viggor [ät] ut.ee