10.15468/lji5d1 https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=bccm-ulc Annick Wilmotte University of Liège Collection Manager

Institute of Chemistry B6 (Sart Tilman) Liège B-4000 BELGIUM

+32-(0)4-366 33 87 BCCM.ULC@ulg.ac.be Zayid Benyahia Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) Informatics Manager

BELGIUM

zayid.benyahia@belspo.be André Heughebaert aheugheb@ulb.ac.be USER 2019-06-14 ENGLISH BCCM/ULC is a small and dedicated public collection, currently containing one of the largest collections of documented (sub)polar cyanobacteria worldwide. The BCCM/ULC collection is hosted by the Centre for Protein Engineering (the Unit) of the University of Liège. The host Unit is very active in research projects concerning the cyanobacterial diversity and biogeography, with a focus on polar biotopes. The approach used is polyphasic, including the isolation of strains and culture-independent methods (DGGE, clone libraries, pyrosequencing based on the ribosomal operon sequences). The participation to field expeditions in the Antarctic and Arctic has enabled to collect samples in many locations. Metadata GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 http://bccm.belspo.be/about-us/bccm-ulc unkown Annick Wilmotte University of Liège Collection Manager

Institute of Chemistry B6 (Sart Tilman) Liège B-4000 BELGIUM

+32-(0)4-366 33 87 BCCM.ULC@ulg.ac.be Marleen Bosschaerts ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT The BCCM consortium is composed of 7 decentralised culture collections that are coordinated by a central team at the Belgian Science Policy Office. Each collection is part of a binomial with its host laboratory. The close cooperation between these two partners leads to an optimal balance between research and conservation activities. Moreover, the cooperation between the collections leads to the exchange and implementation of best practices for the conservation of microbial genetic resources and the harmonised application of international standards and regulations in microbiology. Thanks to the recurrent funding programme from the Belgian Science Policy Office, and with the support of their respective host institutes, about 70 people study and conserve the biodiversity present in the BCCM collections. As such, they contribute to research, development and innovation activities in biotechnology and life sciences. The BCCM consortium is funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo) under an annual recurrent funding system. 2026-04-24T08:41:16Z Wilmotte A, Benyahia Z (2019). BCCM/ULC - Cyanobacteria Collection. BCCM - Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms. Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/lji5d1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-24.