Trichoderma virens (Gliocladium virens)

PTCC No.: 
5300
Other collection No.: 
DSM 1963, CBS 430.54, ATCC 9645, NRRL 2314, NBRC 9166
Culture condition: 
24 °C, Day light
Information: 
<- DSMZ <_ NRRL <- ATCC <- Harvard Univ. (W.H. Weston), strain T1. Isolated from soil, USA, Maryland; Degrades plastics. Used for fungus resistance testing adhesives, aircraft transmissions, automotive components, electrical insulation, packing materials, paper and paperboard, plastics, polymers, textiles, varnish, cork, wax. Testing fungicides on lumber
Literature: 

Fungus resistance testing adhesives (STM International Standard Test Methods for Ability of Adhesive Films to Support or Resist the Growth of Fungi. ASTM Standard Test Method D 4300-01. ASTM International Standard Test Methods for Resistance of Adhesive Preparations in Container to Attack by Bacteria, Yeast, and Fungi. ASTM Standard Test Method D 4783-01e1). Fungus resistance testing polymers (ASTM International Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymeric Materials to Fungi. ASTM Standard Test Method G 0021-96 (Reapproved 2002). Deutsches Institut fur Normung Testing of plastics: Influence of fungi and bacteria; visual evaluation, change in mass or physical properties. Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Normung;DIN DIN 53739. Plastics - Evaluation of the action of microorganisms. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS EN ISO 846:1997.). Fungus resistance testing electrical insulation (Fibre Optic interconnecting devices and passive components --Basic test and measurement procedures--Part 2-16: Tests --Mould growth. Geneva (Switzerland):International Electrotechnical Commission; IEC 1300-2-16, 1995). Testing of textiles (Evaluation of the action of microfungi. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS EN 14119:2003, 2003). Fungus resistance testing paper and paper board (Standard Test Method for Efficacy of Fungal Control Agents as Preservatives for Aqueous-Based Products Used in the Paper Industry)

Supplied as: 
Freeze-dried
Risk group: 
1