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BCCM/IHEM - Fungi Collection: Human & Animal Health

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Citation

Hendrickx M, Heughebaert A (2021). BCCM/IHEM - Fungi Collection: Human & Animal Health. Version 1.2. BCCM - Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1s5hbg accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-25.

Description

BCCM/IHEM is a collection of yeasts and moulds of medical and veterinary interest. It gathers almost 15000 strains representing more than 350 genera and 1200 species of Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Zygomycetes. The majority are human and animal pathogens, allergenic strains, mycotoxin producing species or various contaminants, isolated from clinical cases or from the human environment in general.

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Contacts

Marijke Hendrickx
originator
position: Collection manager
Sciensano
Rue J. Wytsmanstraat 14
Brussels
B-1050
BE
Telephone: +32-2-642.55.18
email: bccm.ihem@sciensano.be
André Heughebaert
metadata author
position: Node Manager
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
Telephone: +32238 3796
email: a.heughebaert@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-5300
André Heughebaert
user
email: aheugheb@ulb.ac.be
Marijke Hendrickx
administrative point of contact
position: Collection manager
Sciensano
BE
email: bccm.ihem@sciensano.be
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