BCCM/ITM - Mycobacteria Collection

Leen Rigouts

doi:10.15468/jwqcdt

BCCM/ITM - Mycobacteria Collection

Citation

Rigouts L, Benyahia Z (2019). BCCM/ITM - Mycobacteria Collection. BCCM - Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms. Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jwqcdt accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-21.

Description

BCCM/ITM harbours one the largest and most diverse collections of well-documented mycobacteria worldwide, including the TDR TB-Strain bank. BCCM/ITM is hosted by and sharing its research interests with the Mycobacteriology Unit at the Institute of Tropcial Medicine in Antwerp, dedicated in research to combat tuberculosis, Buruli ulcer and other mycobacterial diseases.

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Contacts

Leen Rigouts
originator
position: Collection Manager
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (ITG)
Nationalestraat 155
Antwerpen
B-2000
BE
Telephone: +32-(0)3-247 65 51
email: BCCM.ITM@itg.be

Zayid Benyahia
metadata author
position: Informatics Manager
Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO)
BE
email: zayid.benyahia@belspo.be

André Heughebaert
user
email: aheugheb@ulb.ac.be

Leen Rigouts
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (ITG)
Nationalestraat 155
Antwerpen
B-2000
BE
Telephone: +32-(0)3-247 65 51
email: BCCM.ITM@itg.be