The ITEM Collection includes more than 13,000 strains belonging to various agro-food microorganisms with phytopathological and toxicological significance. Thousands strains belonging to toxigenic genera Aspergillus, Alternaria, Fusarium, and Penicillium, representing wide biodiversity to investigate strategies for reducing mycotoxin contamination. Also yeasts (300) and lactic bacteria (400) has been also preserved and characterized for autochthonous industrial fermentation of typical Apulian food.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/18abd151-94fd-40a9-b9c4-3bc7e3af7af1
Homepage: https://biomemory.cnr.it/collections/CNR-ISPA-ITEM
Citation: Perrone G, Susca A, Moretti A, Logrieco A F, Bucci G, Ianigro M (2025). The ITEM fungal repository dataset (ISPA-ITEM-01). Version 1.1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BioRisorse (CNR-IBBR). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.13039/501100021856 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-18.