Collections of the Research Center of Biotechnology RAS

№ Collection Scientific unit
1. Unique collection of yeast organisms covering the entire spectrum of yeast energy metabolism Laboratory of Bioenergetics
(Head of Laboratory: Prof. Nadezhda P. Yurina)
2. Collection of genetically-labeled strains of the yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
(Head of Laboratory: Prof. Alexander I. Alexandrov)
3. Collection of different strains of the ascomycete Neurospora crassa Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Biochemistry
(Head of Laboratory: Yulia I. Deryabina)
4. Collection of thermophilic and thermotolerant yeast species Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Biochemistry
(Head of Laboratory: Yulia I. Deryabina)
5. Collection of microorganisms capable of synthesizing polyhydroxyalkanoates Laboratory of Biochemistry of Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrogen Metabolism
(Head of Laboratory: Prof. Aleksey F. Topunov)
6. Collection of nodule bacteria – symbionts of leguminous plants Laboratory of Biochemistry of Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrogen Metabolism
(Head of Laboratory: Prof, Aleksey F. Topunov)
7. Collection of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacterial cultures (30 strains) Laboratory of Petroleum Microbiology
(Head of Laboratory: Tamara N. Nazina)
8. Collection of haloalkaliphilic bacteria Laboratory of Relict Microbial Communities
(Head of Laboratory; Prof. Nikolay V. Pimenov)
9. Collection of haloalkaliphilic cyanobacteria Laboratory of Relict Microbial Communities
(Head of Laboratory; Prof. Nikolay V. Pimenov)
10. Collection of ombrophilic bacteria Laboratory of Relict Microbial Communities
(Head of Laboratory; Prof. Nikolay V. Pimenov)
11. Collection of sulfate-reducing bacteria Laboratory of Relict Microbial Communities
(Head of Laboratory; Prof. Nikolay V. Pimenov)
12. Collection of thermophilic prokaryotes (isolates mainly representing new taxa) Depratment of Extremophiles Biology
(Head of the Department: Prof. Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya)
13. Collection of microorganism cultures (acidophilic sulfur- and iron-oxidizing microorganisms, nitrifying microorganisms) Laboratory of chemolitotrophic microorganisms
(Head of Laboratory: Alexander G. Bulaev)
14. Collection of microorganism cultures from cold ultrafresh habitats (methanotrophs, planctomycetes, acidobacteria) Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Phylogenomics of Bacteria
(Head of Laboratory: Svetlana N. Dedysh)
15. Collection of filamentous fungi (representatives of the genera Aspergillus, Blakeslea, Cunninghamella, Mucor) Group of Experimental mycology
(Head of Laboratory: Vera M. Tereshina)
16. Collections of unique bacteria:
– new phototrophic taxa (1 family, 19 genera, 41 species) + 5 types of chemotrophs);
– new taxa of hemolytic autotrophs (sulfur-oxidizing and nitrifying bacteria and gasotrophic bacteria: methanotrophic, carboxydotrophic and hydrogenotrophic) – 80 new species, 35 new genera, 1 new family and 1 new order were described
– 3 new genera and 31 new species of sulphur and iron bacteria
Laboratory of Ecology and Geochemical Activity of Microorganisms
(Head of Laboratory: Tatiana V. Khizniak)
17. Сollection comprises microorganisms isolated at the Laboratory and deposited in the Russian and foreign collections: DSM, ATCC, VKM, NBRC.

Acetobacterium bakii sp. npv.- DSM 8329
A. paludosum sp. nov. – DSM 8237
A. fimetarium sp. nov. – DSM 8238
A. tundra sp. nov. – DSM 9173
Soehngenia saccharolytica gen nov., sp. nov. – DSM 12858; ATCC BAA-502
Clostridium amygdalinum sp.nov., — DSM 12857; ATCC BAA-501
Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans sp.nov – DSM 14880; VKM B-2319
Methanomethylovorans thermophila sp. nov. – DSM 17232; ATCC BAA-1173; NBRC 107638
Methanosarcina lacustris sp.nov. – DSM 13486; VKM B-2268
Methanospirillum stamsii sp.nov. – DSM 26304; VKM B-2808

Laboratory of Microbiology of Anthropogenic Habitats
(Head of Laboratory: Prof. Yuriy V. Litti)
18. Collection of microorganism cultures UNIQEM Laboratory of Viability of Microorganisms
(Head of Laboratory: Yury A. Nikolaev)
19. Collection fund of actinobacteria Laboratory of Viability of Microorganisms
(Head of Laboratory: Yury A. Nikolaev)
20. Collection of transgenic beet seeds Group of Plant Bioengineering
(Head of the Group: Anastasia M. Kamionskaya)
21. Collection of transgenic sunflower seeds Group of Plant Bioengineering
(Head of the Group: Anastasia M. Kamionskaya)
22. Collection of isolates of viruses, bacteria associated with plants of grapes growing in the Republic of Crimea Group of Plant Bioengineering
(Head of the Group: Anastasia M. Kamionskaya)