Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Jena Microbial Resource Collection
open-in-new
<h2 id="aim-of-the-collection">Aim of the collection</h2> <p>The collection is aimed at the conservation of microbial resources for <a href="/facts/Natural_product/J4RsVhmP">natural product</a> screening. It is also aimed at research on pathogenicity mechanisms of fungal causative agents of a variety of <a href="/facts/Mycoses/YVK551qC">mycoses</a> in <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a> and <a href="/facts/Human/rlcTENsr">humans</a>. </p><p>The head of the JMRC is Dr. Kerstin Voigt. </p> <h2 id="examples-of-microbial-species-in-the-collection">Examples of microbial species in the collection</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Lichtheimia_corymbifera/9IDkvImG">Lichtheimia corymbifera</a></i>, an ancient human pathogenic basal lineage fungus causing <a href="/facts/Mucormycosis/pqwQbjcW">mucormycoses</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Conidiobolus_coronatus/INyYSkM7">Conidiobolus coronatus</a></i>, an ancient human pathogenic basal lineage fungus causing <a href="/facts/Entomophthoramycosis/fWSBft36">entomophthoramycoses</a></li> <li>Parasitic <a href="/facts/Mucorales/NtchllKJ">Mucorales</a> such as <i>Parasitella parasitica</i> and their host organisms such as <i><a href="/facts/Absidia_glauca/YVPoLbx7">Absidia glauca</a></i> (also belonging to <a href="/facts/Mucorales/NtchllKJ">Mucorales</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mold_(fungus)/7nHqptM7">Molds</a> leading to <a href="/facts/Food_spoilage/9s1Gk2yg">food spoilage</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">Plant</a> <a href="/facts/Pathogen/axMXtV1M">pathogens</a> such as <i><a href="/facts/Gilbertella_persicaria/3Sc7Emso">Gilbertella persicaria</a></i></li> <li>Various <a href="/facts/Streptomyces/xupjSFmJ">Streptomyces</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pseudomonas_aeruginosa/HBhyIxAn">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</a></i>, a pathogenic bacterium</li> <li>Various <a href="/facts/Enterobacteriaceae/6vh55fHY">Enterobacteriaceae</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.hki-jena.de/index.php/cd8370861ca401398ffafe14126a85c6/2/538">Web page of JMRC at Hans Knöll Institute, Jena</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.uni-jena.de/Pilz__Referenz_Zentrum.html">Central web page of JMRC at the University of Jena</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140605053215/http://www.uni-jena.de/Pilz__Referenz_Zentrum.html">Archived</a> 2014-06-05 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mikrobiologie.uni-jena.de/cms/index.php/de/jena-microbial-resource-collection-prz-53">Web page of JMRC at the Institute for Microbiology, University of Jena</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052015/http://www.mikrobiologie.uni-jena.de/cms/index.php/de/jena-microbial-resource-collection-prz-53">Archived</a> 2014-06-05 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul>