Muzium Sejarah Alam

 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Culture Collection Center (UKMCC) is a unit under the Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science and Technology. This unit functions as a one-stop center in preservation of microorganisms and the services relating to culture, storage and characterization of microorganisms. 

 

This unit has more than 200 isolates comprising of bacteria (139), fungi (91), microalgae (1) and yeast (8) through the results of collaborative research and field work. This collection is divided into open and closed collection.

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History

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Culture Collection Center (UKMCC) was officially established in 2017 and registered with the World Data Center for Microorganisms (WDCM) with the acronym UKMCC. In the early stages, UKMCC was established under the School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and subsequently placed under the Museum of Natural History, Faculty of Science and Tecnology UKM. Efforts to collect and preserve the culture of microorganism was led by Prof. Dr. Sanusi Janggi with Prof. And Prof. Mohamed Omar Prof. Dr. Fauzi Daud began since 1982 through the Simpanan Kultur Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia entity. However, the collection does not have specialized laboratory and rely on researchers laboratory. Now, the laboratory operates at UKMCC Culture Collection laboratory, Bangunan Biologi with adequate equipment for preservation of culture collection.

 

Goal

UKMCC main goal is to become one of the culture collection center, recognized at national and international level to support research and conservation related to the local strains of microorganisms.

Objective

The objective of is to store and preserve the unique local collection and to support research activities related to microorganisms in UKM and Malaysia