Collections of parasitic organisms
Helminthological collection
Type collection of parasitic arthropods
Curator: prom.biol. Vladimír Bukva CSc.
A collection of holotypes and paratypes of about 300 species of parasitic arthropods on 430 microscopic slides is deposited at the Laboratory of Parasitic Arthropods. A large collection of several thousand specimens of parasitic mites and fleas from mammals, birds and reptiles, and a small collection of ticks in alcohol, are deposited in the same laboratory. The Institute maintains laboratory colonies of ticks (8 species), mosquitoes (4 species, 5 lines) and arboviruses (33 species and strains).
Type collection of ARTHROPODS
Collection of cryopreserved cultures of blood flagellates and amphizoic amoebae
An extensive collection of cryopreserved cultures of blood flagellates and amphizoic amoebae is maintained at the Department of Eukaryotic Microorganisms Infecting Fish.