Abstract:The fungal culture collection from the Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo/USP comprises 1047 isolates of fungi, algae and actinomycetes with medical and veterinary relevance, which up to now have been preserved by subculturing every three months. Created in 1925 by Prof. Floriano Paulo de Almeida and maintained by Prof. Carlos da Silva Lacaz and his assistants since 1953, this fungal collection needed to be realocated to another area in 2007, as well as updated and revised as to its preservation metho… Show more
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