INTERNATIONAL
COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS FROM PLANTS (ICMP)
ICMP
is
an
international, publicly available collection of live cultures of fungi
and
plant–associated bacteria. It has major, worldwide collections of plant
pathogenic bacteria, along with rhizobia. The fungal cultures are
mainly from
New Zealand and the South Pacific region.
The
ICMP contains over 18
000 strains of
fungi and bacteria.
Most
strains are stored using liquid nitrogen or in vacuum–dried ampoules.
The ICMP
laboratory is a MAF
approved PC2
Containment Facility and
a Transitional Facility for Microorganisms. The collection is
registered as WDCM
589.
Cultures
are
mainly held for research purposes and to substantiate species records.
The
ICMP database is updated
every
night, but still is in the beta test phase, please comment on any
errors or if
you have suggestions.
The
accuracy of the database depends on information from those who deposit
strains
in the Collection
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