Contact details
Address: Sand Huton-York-YO41 1LZ-United Kingdom
Legal Status: Public research institution 0
Email Website
Material
Microbial and invertebrate
| Bacteria | X | Filamentous fungi (Basidiomycetes) | |
| Yeasts (Ascomycetes) | Virus | ||
| Yeasts (Basidiomycetes) | Nematodes | ||
| Filamentous fungi (Ascomycetes) | Mycoplasmas |
Type of material maintained:
| Modern breeds and varieties | Traditional breeds and varieties | Populations | Other(s) |
| X |
Type of material stored:
| Living collections | Sperm | Egg cells | Seeds | Tissue cultures | Cells | Other(s) |
| Lyophilised cells |
Collection description:
Date of start of the collection/population: < 1980
Expected period of maintenance of the collection (in years): > 25
Size of the collection (number of breeds): 3500
Evolution of the size of the collection (last 10 years): ↘ > 20%
Objectives and identity
Geographic origin of the material in the collection: International
Population management:
- ex situ
Objective of maintaining the collection/population:
| Conservation | Research | Breeding | Training | Awareness raising | Other(s) |
| X | X | X |
Activities
Management
| Use of available technical guidelines (e.g. FAO) | No |
| Use of unique identifier | Yes |
| Use of a documentation system | Yes In-house database and publicly available web-site |
| Collection as part of a larger documentation system |
Other: StrainInfo, WFCC |
| Database management system (software) |
In-house-built |
| Document passport data | No |
Duplication of material and documentation
Material: Yes
Documentation: Partially
Testing
| Viability testing of stored material: | Frequently |
| Diagnosis of the presence of pests and diseases, or contaminations: | Frequently |
| Transgene detection: | No |
| Regeneration/multiplication: | Frequently |
| Molecular analysis (e.g. DNA sequencing or fingerprinting): | Frequently |
| Evaluation of useful traits: | Yes, but rarely |
Overall viability level of your collection
Very good:
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 4
Storage conditions of the collection
- Lyophilised (LYO)
Access and distribution conditions
| Providers | Recipients |
| Use of Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) | Use of Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) |
Distribution of material (per year)
| Number of distributed samples | 189 |
| Percentage of requests which are fulfilled | >75% |
| Number of EU countries in which samples are distributed | 10 |
| Number of Non-EU countries in which samples are distributed | 8 |
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): 50,000 – 250,000
Funding sources (in %)
| National government | 80% |
| Private | 20% |
Funding allocation (in %)
| Collection and uptake of new materials | 5% |
| Processing of new materials | 5% |
| Storage | 20% |
| Maintenance/regeneration | 35% |
| Documentation | 15% |
| Distribution | 20% |
