Fungi and Yeasts

The ATCC Mycology Collection is a trusted resource center housing a diverse assortment of filamentous fungi and yeasts, representing over 7,600 species, including 4,100 type strains and 1,500 genera. The mycology collection also offers over 32,000 yeast genetic strains, including the historic Yeast Genetic Stock Center (YGSC) strains, the designed open reading frame (ORF) deletion strains of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome Deletion Project (SGDP), and a collection of Cryptococcus neoformans ORF deletion strains. ATCC provides both custom and ready-made Fungal and Yeast Genomic DNA useful in various PCR technologies and gene cloning.

 

Featured Mycology Strains

Aspergillus Quality Control Strains
QC strains used for a variety of research and industrial applications, including commercial microbial identification systems, development and validation of test methods, and CLSI broth dilution antifungal susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi.
 
CryptococcusCryptococcus sp. Strains
ATCC provides Cryptococcus gattii strains isolated from a variety of clinical and environmental sources, including genome sequencing strains. Cryptococcus sp. reference strains deposited by K.J. Kwon-Chung, representing the eight molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
 
PillsBiomedical Strains
Fungi strains useful in determining the mechanisms of pathogenesis, improving detection, prevention and identification of causative agents in infectious disease research.
 
Fuel Bioenergy Application Strains
Organisms capable of breaking down various low-grade biomass to produce environmentally-friendly renewable energy in the form of alcohols.
 
Slime moldEumycetozoan Project Strains
Commonly referred to as "slime molds" and historically studied by mycologists, are a monophyletic group of terrestrial amoeboid protists that produce aerial spore-bearing structures.
 

 

Genome Highlight

Pathogen Responsible White-Nose Syndrome – Now Available

Geomyces destructans – New from ATCC, this novel, cold-loving fungus is the pathogen responsible for White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) – a devastating disease that has killed at least 6 million bats in North America1,2. Deposited by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, the type strain of Geomyces destructans (ATCC® MYA-4855™) is now available. This strain has been sequenced, but not yet formally annotated, by the Broad Institute as part of the Geomyces destructans Sequencing Project. The genomic DNA from this fungus (ATCC® MYA-4855D™) is available now!    

Ordering Information
ATCC® No. Description
MYA-4855* Geomyces destructans strain 20631-21
MYA-4855D Genomic DNA from Geomyces destructans ATCC MYA-4855 (Available Now)

1 Blehert, D.S., et al. Bat white-nose syndrome: an emerging fungal pathogen. Science 323: 227, 2009.
2 http://www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome/

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