Address

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Academic

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Email

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Telephone

+32-(0)4-366 33 87

Parent institute

Website

https://bccm.belspo.be/about-us/bccm-ulc

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Activities

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 research unit InBios - Centre for Protein Engineering (the Unit) of the University of Liège. The host Unit is very active in research projects concerning the cyanobacterial diversity, biogeography, and ecophysiology, with a focus on polar biotopes. The used approach is polyphasic, including the isolation of strains and culture-independent methods (Amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, metagenomics, comparative genomics). The participation to field expeditions in the Antarctic and Arctic has enabled to collect samples from many polar locations. Furthermore, bloom-forming and toxin-producing cyanobacterial communities in Belgian lakes are studied. Moreover, taxonomic research is carried out by the host Unit to improve the classification of the cyanobacterial phylum. It is based on a polyphasic approach combining the morphological and molecular characterizations of the strains.