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Pathogen Bank

The main purpose of the Pathogen Bank is to collect, identify, store, preserve and make available plant pathogens (fungal and bacterial) in a live and preserved form. The Collection of Plant Pathogenic Microorganisms was established in 1996 and is managed by the Plant Pathogen Bank funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy.

Depending on the species, pathogens are preserved either in mineral oil at 17°C, or frozen in a 10% glycerol solution or in liquid nitrogen at -196°C. Bacteria are cryopreserved using the Bacto Protect system and liquid nitrogen. Each pathogen is preserved using at least two complementary methods and is precisely documented (including photographs, morphological description, size of spores and characteristic structures).

Currently, about 2,000 fungal isolates and about 200 bacteria species, mostly from Poland, are kept in the collection.

• Fungal pathogens representing genera Fusarium, Alternaria, Colletotrichum, Verticillium, Sclerotinia, Rhizoctonia, Botrytis, Phytophthora, Pythium, Cladosporium, Phoma and other
• Bacterial pathogens from genera Erwinia, Pseudomonas, Clavibacter, Pectobacterium, Xanthomonas, Dickeya, Pantoea and other

The list of pathogens kept in the Collection of Plant Pathogenic Microorganisms is available on the website at:

http://bankpat.expertus.com.pl/search/

OFFER

• sharing and exchange of pathogens (terms and conditions to be agreed)
• identification of pathogenic fungi causing plant diseases (as part of the Clinic of Plant Diseases)
• commercial storage of fungal and bacterial cultures
• preparation and distribution of descriptions of pathogens in the annual publication Kompendium symptomów chorób roślin i morfologii ich sprawców/Compendium of plant disease symptoms and morphology of pathogens

CONSULTING SERVICES

• advice on the culture of microorganisms (selection of media and culture conditions)
• advice on the storage and preservation of fungi and bacteria (organization of courses is possible)

The Pathogen Bank also stores microorganisms with a quarantine status, which for regulatory and safety reasons are kept in the Research Centre of Quarantine, Invasive and Genetically Modified Organisms, IOR-PIB in Poznań. Shipment of organisms with a quarantine status is only possible based on a relevant authorization issued by the Provincial Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service.

Contact

Instytut Ochrony Roślin – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Klinika Chorób Roślin i Bank Patogenów
ul. Władysława Węgorka 20
60-318 Poznań
tel.: +48 61 864 90 99; fax: +48 61 867 63 01

e-mail:

sjarosz@iorpib.poznan.pl

ksadowska@iorpib.poznan.pl

bankpatogenow@iorpib.poznan.pl