Biodiversity Biobank SA Yeast culture collection
The Biodiversity Biobank South African (BBSA) Yeast Culture Collections is Africa's most extensive yeast collection, containing more than 3000 strains from various habitats in South Africa and Worldwide. The collection is housed in the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
OUR SERVICES
Provision of yeast strains
Strain preservation for patent or safe deposit purposes
Species identification services
Consultations on yeast identification and physiology
We aim to serve the academic, industrial, and government agency research community by providing high-quality yeast cultures, characterisation information, and expertise for educational, research, and industrial applications.
OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Collection Policy (Strain Requests)
Requests must be emailed to the Manager (PohlCH@ufs.ac.za).
YCC Request form
Collection Policy (Strain Deposits)
Requests for the deposition of strains into the BBSA Yeast Culture Collection must be made to the Collection Manager before the shipment of culture materials. It must be done to ensure the Collection can cultivate the yeast, is willing to accept the proposed deposit, and has the appropriate required permits when necessary.
YCC deposit Accession form
Shipping Cost/Procedures
Requests must attach an electronic image (PDF) of a prepaid shipping label for a container (Length 25cm x Width 18 cm x Height 21 cm).
All orders without proper shipping labels will be cancelled.
Shipping From:
Collection Manager
Yeast Culture Collection (YCC)
Room A25, Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry
Bloemfontein Campus, University of the Free State
Nelson Mandela Road
Bloemfontein
Material Transfer Agreements (MTA)
MTA's are required for strains from the BBSA Yeast Culture Collection. The MTA will be initiated by an email from the Collection Manager after your order is placed. The MTA will need to be signed by the Recipient Scientist ordering the strain(s) and your Biosafety Officer/Tech Transfer Office.
Example MTA Document
Acknowledging the BBSA YCC
The BBSA and UFS fund the BBSA Yeast Culture Collection and can distribute accessioned yeast strains with a handling fee of R250.00 per strain to the scientific and industrial communities. The culture collection needs to track and document the impact of our work and the yeast strains we distribute in our annual reports to ensure continued funding. We request that recipients acknowledge the contribution of the BBSA Yeast Culture Collection to any work using yeast from the culture collection by including the following text: "Yeast strains used in this work were provided by the BBSA Yeast Culture Collection (BBSA YCC)."