Table 1.
Partners and associated member of the joint research unit MIRRI-IT.
| MIRRI-IT* Partners 1 and Associated Members 2 | Culture Collections | Biological Resources (Main Taxa) | Isolation Sources (Category) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Centres: | |||
| Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) 2 | ENEA collection | Bacteria, Fungi, Microalgae, Microbial consortia, Virus | Contaminated sites, Hypogea and archaeological sites, Food, Lake sediments, Sea, Soil, Rhizosphere, Water |
| Agenzia regionale per la ricerca in agricoltura, (Agris Sardegna) 2 | Bonassai (BNSS) | Bacteria (Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria) | Animals, Food |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) 1 | Agro-Food Microbial Culture Collection (ITEM) | Bacteria, Filamentous fungi, Yeasts | Air, Insects, Food, Plants, Soil |
| Plant Viruses Italy (PLAVIT) | Mycoviruses, Phytoplasmas, Phages Plant viruses | Fungi, Plants | |
| IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino of Genoa 1 | Interlab Cell Line Collection (ICLC) | Cell lines | |
| Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive (INMI) “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, Roma 2 | INMI collection | Bacteria, Yeasts | Humans, Clinical isolates |
| Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste (OGS) 2 | Collection of Sea Microorganisms (COSMI) | Microalgae (predominantly Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae,) | Marine environments |
| Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna (IZSLER) 2 | Biobank of Veterinary Resources (BVR) | Cell lines, Bacteria, Fungi, Parasite, Virus | Animals, Feed, Food, Environments |
| Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVE) 2 | European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) Biobank | Viruses, Antigens, Polyclonal antisera | Animals |
| Universities: | |||
| Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Environmental Biology 2 | Fungal Biodiversity Laboratory (FBL) | Saprotrophic fungi | Litter, Contaminated sites, Soil, Water |
| University of Cagliari 2 | DSMSP Collection | Bacteria, Moulds, Yeasts | Beverages, Environments, Food |
| University of Basilicata, School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences 2 | UNIBAS Yeast Collection (UBYC) | Yeasts | Beverages, Food |
| University of Genoa 2 | Collection of DISTAV (ColD) | Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts | Extreme environments, Human cadaver |
| University of Milano-Bicocca 2 | MicroMiB collection (MicroMib) | Bacteria, Yeasts, Virus | Humans, Environments, Food |
| University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 1 | Unimore Microbial Culture Collection (UMCC) | Bacteria (Lactic Acid Bacteria, Proteobacteria), Yeasts (Ascomycota) | Beverages, Food |
| University of Naples “Federico II”, Department of Biology 2 | Algal Collection University Federico II (ACUF) | Cyanobacteria, Microalgae | Aeroterrestrial habitats, Environments |
| University of Palermo, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences 2 | Herbarium SAF (SAF) | Macrofungi | Ascomata, Basidiomata |
| University of Pavia, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 2 | Amico Fungo | Filamentous Fungi, Yeasts | Soil, Contaminated sites |
| University of Perugia 1 | Industrial Yeasts Collection (DBVPG) | Yeasts, Yeast-like organisms | Beverages, Environments, Food |
| University of Sassari 2 | Microbial Culture Collection of University of Sassari (UNISS) | Bacteria (Firmicutes, Proteobacteria), Filamentous fungi, Yeasts (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota) | Agricultural by-products, Animals, Beverages, Environments, Food, Plants, Humans |
| University of Turin 1 | Turin University Culture Collection (TUCC) including Mycotheca Universitatis Taurinenesis (MUT) | Bacteria (Firmicutes, Lactic Acid bacteria, Proteobacteria) Filamentous fungi (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Mucoromycota), Yeasts | Animal and human clinical Samples, Extreme environments, Food |
| University of Tuscia, Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences 2 | Culture Collection of Fungi from Extreme Environments (CCFEE) | Filamentous and Meristematic fungi, Lichens, Yeasts | Monuments, Contaminated sites, Rocks, Soil |
* www.mirri-it.it; 1 = partners of MIRRI-IT; 2 = associated members of MIRRI-IT.