"Biological Collections of Fiocruz";"Taxonomic scope";Size;"Method of preservation";"Links to the catalogue" "Yersinia pestis Collection (Fiocruz/CYP)";Bacteria;"917 strains";"Cryopreservation at -80°C; on agar at 8°C ";http://cyp.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Campylobacter (Fiocruz/CCAMP)";Bacteria;"1,677 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen; at -70°C";http://ccamp.fiocruz.br/ "Leptospira Collection (Fiocruz/CLEP)";Bacteria;"344 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen; at -80°C; on semi-solid agar at room temperature ";http://clep.fiocruz.br/ "Listeria Collection (Fiocruz/CLIST)";Bacteria;"1,464 strains";"On solid and semi-solid buffered agar at 4°C";http://clist.fiocruz.br/ "Culture Collection of Bacillus and Related Genera (Fiocruz/CCGB)";Bacteria;"1,427 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen; lyophilisation";http://ccgb.fiocruz.br/ "Culture Collection of Hospital-Acquired Bacteria (Fiocruz/CCBH)";Bacteria;"600 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen; liophilisation";http://ccbh.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Reference Bacteria on Health Surveillance (Fiocruz/CBRVS)";Bacteria;"721 strains";"Cryopreservation at -80°C; lyophilisation";http://cbrvs.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Bacteria from Amazon (Fiocruz/CBAM)";Bacteria;"716 strains";"Lyophilisation; under refrigeration at -40°C; culture on stock agar at room temperature";http://cbam.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Bacteria from Environment and Health (Fiocruz/CBAS)";Bacteria;"1,351 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen and at -80°C";http://cbas.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Reference Fungi on Health Surveillance (Fiocruz/CFRVS)";Fungi;"437 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen and at -80°C; lyophilisation";http://cfrvs.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Pathogenic Fungi (Fiocruz/CFP)";Fungi;"324 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen and at -70°C; lyophilisation";http://cfp.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Fungi from Amazon (Fiocruz/CFAM)";Fungi;"1,245 strains";"Lyophilisation; under refrigeration at -40°C; culture under water (Castellani) at room temperature";http://cfam.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Culture of Filamentous Fungi (Fiocruz/CCFF)";Fungi;"1,188 strains";"Lyophilisation; culture under mineral oil at room temperature";http://ccff.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Leishmania (Fiocruz/CLIOC)";Protozoa;"1,657 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen";http://clioc.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Trypanosoma from Wild and Domestic Mammals and Vectors (Fiocruz/COLTRYP)";Protozoa;"883 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen";http://coltryp.fiocruz.br/ "Protozoa Collection (Fiocruz/COLPROT)";Protozoa;"524 strains";"Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen";http://colprot.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Apterous Arthropod Vector of Community Health Importance (Fiocruz/CAVAISC)";"Insects and Arachnids (Acari)";"14,611 lotsand2051specimens";"Mounted on entomological pin; mounted on slide; in 70% ethanol; in 70% ethanol-glycerin solution";http://cavaisc.fiocruz.br/ "Ceratopogonidae Collection (Fiocruz/CCER)";Insects;10,377specimens;"Mounted on slide; in 70% ethanol; Kahle-Dietrich solution";http://ccer.fiocruz.br/ "Simuliidae Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz/CSIOC)";Insects;"50,000 lots";"Mounted on slide; in 70% ethanol; in glycerin; in Carnoy's solution";http://csioc.fiocruz.br/ "Culicidae Collection (Fiocruz/CCULI)";Insects;6,989specimens;"Mounted on entomological pin; mounted on slide";http://cculi.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Neotropical Mosquitos (Fiocruz/CMN)";Insects;63,469specimens;"Mounted on entomological pin; mounted on slide";http://cmn.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Phlebotominae (Fiocruz/COLFLEB)";Insects;93,000specimens;"Mounted on slide";http://colfleb.fiocruz.br/ "Triatomines Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz/CTIOC)";Insects;11,590specimens;"Mounted on entomological pin";http://ctioc.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Chagas Disease Vectors (Fiocruz/COLVEC)";Insects;13,295specimens;"Mounted on entomological pin";http://colvec.fiocruz.br/ "Entomological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz/CEIOC)";Insects;1,000,000specimens;"Mounted on entomological pin; mounted on slide; in 70% ethanol";http://ceioc.fiocruz.br/ "Helminthological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz/CHIOC)";Helminths;39,633specimens;"Mounted on slide; in 70% ethanol; in 10% formalin; in ethanol-formalin-acetic acid; under refrigeration at -30°C";http://chioc.fiocruz.br/ "Mollusca Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz/CMIOC)";Molluscs;12,317lots;"Shell preserved dry; body in Railliet & Henry solution";http://cmioc.fiocruz.br/ "Collection of Medical Malacology (Fiocruz/CMM)";Molluscs;16,765specimens;"Shell preserved dry; body in Railliet & Henry solution; small fragment of cephalopodal region cryopreserved at -70°C";http://cmm.fiocruz.br/ "Botanical Collection of Medicinal Plants (Fiocruz/CBPM)";Plants;1,732exsiccatae;"Herborised then dried and mounted on exsiccates";http://cbpm.fiocruz.br/ "Yellow Fever Collection (Fiocruz/CFA)";"Histopathological samples";500slides500blocks500backupmaterial;"Mounted on slide; paraffin block; in 10% formalin";http://museudapatologia.ioc.fiocruz.br/index.php/en/museum-pathology/cfa-history.html "Anatomical Pathology Section Collection (Fiocruz/CSAP)";"Histopathological samples";40,000slides854anatomicalpieces;"Mounted on slide; In 10% formalin";http://museudapatologia.ioc.fiocruz.br/index.php/en/museum-pathology/apsc.html "Pathology Department Collection (Fiocruz/CDEPAT)";"Histopathological samples";133,280blocks799,680slides;"Mounted on slideparaffin block; in Carson Modified Millonig formalin";http://museudapatologia.ioc.fiocruz.br/index.php/en/museum-pathology/cdepat.html "Paleoparasitology and Recent Animal Faeces Collection (Fiocruz/CPFERA)";"Bioarchaelogical materials, recent animals faeces";"8,584samples323 lots";"Dried; in Railliet & Henry solution; in 70% ethanol; in  natural at -80°C";http://cpfera.fiocruz.br/