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The Microbial Strain Collection of Latvia (MSCL), is a structural unit of University of Latvia, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology. MSCL is the largest microbiological resource repository in Latvia, its activities are focused on preserving biological diversity ex situ and developing microbiology and biotechnology fields that are traditionally characteristic and promising for Latvia. The collection holds more than 1,700 different cultures of bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi, from which the majority were isolated in Latvia and are the only samples of their kind. Microorganisms are stored in a metabolically inactive state—in liquid nitrogen.
Microorganisms from the collection are used for research and educational purposes at the University of Latvia and other academic institutions, as well as for commercial orders. MSCL is also involved in the educational process at the University of Latvia, with several students annually working on their bachelor's and master's theses based on the MSCL collection.
Projects
MSCL is working together with Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, who are the main partners, on a Latvian Council of Science project titled “Innovative anti-inflammatory and anti-pathogenic systems based on proanthocyanidins isolated from lignocellulosic waste from fruit bush agriculture”.
With Latvian Biomedical research and study centre on a Latvian Council of Science project titled “Genomics and transcriptomics guided trait stacking of antagonistic mechanisms utilized by Streptomyces spp. from underexplored strain collection in syncoms against pathogens causing ash dieback and acute oak decline”
MSCL is involved in the EU Horizon-INFRA-2024-TECH-01 project "MALDIBANK: Multi-domain Open MALDI Spectra Archive for Identification of Microorganisms" together with other MIRRI-ERIC partners.