What We offer
Services
Public Deposit
Wish to contribute to R&D community? Biological materials deposited in our public collection are made available to support education, research and development.
Confidential Deposit
Wish to confidentially store your biological materials? Biological materials kept in our confidential storage facility are available only for the depositor. Biological materials will be tested by Microbialhub upon the depositor’s request only.
Safe Deposit
Wish to confidentially store your biological materials and have them checked by TBRC regularly? Biological materials kept in our safe storage facility are available only for the depositor. The depositor allows Microbialhub to test the biological materials regularly.
Patent Deposit
Wish to secure your IP? Biological materials are securely handled according to the national IP regulations.
Isolation Service
Wish to obtain pure cultures from your samples? The isolated microorganisms can be subsequently sent back to you and/or proceeded to identification service.
Identification Service
Wish to know what microorganisms are in your samples? We employ advanced methods to isolate and identify microorganisms (DNA sequencing and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry).
Culture Preservation Service
Wish to long-term store microorganisms by yourself?Microorganisms are expertly prepared and preserved before retuning to the customer for self storage.
Preservation Methods (bacteria, yeasts, filamentous fungi)
Cryopreservation
Liquid-drying
Freeze-drying
Culture Collection Management
Acquisition, maintenance, distribution of microorganisms (discussion-based training)
Molecular Identification
Yeasts (DNA extraction and amplification, sequence analysis)
Bacteria (DNA extraction and amplification, sequence analysis, phylogenetic construction for identification purpose)
Training Course for Students
Lecture on preservation of microorganisms
Lecture and laboratory practice on preservation of microorganisms