Jena Microbial Resource Collection

Aim of the collection

Examples of microbial species in the collection

• Lichtheimia corymbifera, an ancient human pathogenic basal lineage fungus causing mucormycoses
• Conidiobolus coronatus, an ancient human pathogenic basal lineage fungus causing entomophthoramycoses
• Parasitic Mucorales such as Parasitella parasitica and their host organisms such as Absidia glauca
• Molds leading to food spoilage
• Plant pathogens such as Gilbertella persicaria
• Various Streptomyces
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a pathogenic bacterium
• Various Enterobacteriaceae