Services

Isolation from a mixed culture plate - 50€

Plate counts in general media - Inquire

Freeze-dried (minimum order 8 ampoules per strain) - 130 €

Biological material custody (in -80ºC) - Inquire

Active growing culture on request (from frozen culture at -80ºC) - 70 €

Actively growing culture on request (from freeze dried) - 200 €

Freeze dried ampoule - Inquire

Partial sequencing of 16S rRNA gene - 100 €

Nearly complete sequencing of 16S rRNA gene (∼ 1400 bp) - 200 €

Sequence analysis of housekeeping genes or any specific gene - 100 €

PCR amplicon (presence/absence of specific genes) - 30 €

Phylogenetic analyses (single gene or multiple genes) - 350 €

MALDI-TOF MS - 35 €

Genomic DNA extraction (25 µl) - 110 €

Whole Genome Sequencing and Analysis (1 prokaryotic strain; includes assembly, annotation, checking by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and genomic comparisons) - 500 €

Morphological characterization (cell and colony morphology/size, Gram, KOH, catalase, oxidase) - 50 €

Metabolic activities (e.g. API® strips) - Inquire

Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) - Inquire

Multi-locus Sequence Typing (MLST)- Inquire

Fourier-Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy typing - 30 €

Plasmid (DNA extraction, replicon typing) - Inquire

Gene location (chromosomal/plasmid) - Inquire

Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (according to CLSI/EUCAST guidelines) - Inquire

Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms (PCR and/or sequencing) - Inquire

Molecular characterization of virulence mechanisms (PCR and sequencing) - Inquire

Molecular characterization of bacteriocins (PCR and sequencing) - Inquire

Carbapenemases production (Blue-Carba) - 5 €

In vitro biofilm production assays - Inquire

Genetic transfer (conjugation, transformation) - Inquire

Culturomic (urine, water, food) - Inquire

16S rRNA amplicon sequencing - Inquire

Shotgun metagenomic sequencing - Inquire

Public deposit - Free

Safe deposit (1 yr of storage) - 250 €

Renew the safe deposit service - 80 €

Release of a sample of a safe deposit culture - 50 €

Consultancy (e.g., safety potential of microorganisms according to purpose of use – food and pharmaceutical industry) - Inquire

Training:

• Course on preservation and quality control of microbial strains - Inquire
• Course on bacterial taxonomy (genomic comparisons and phenotypic features) - Inquire