IUMS COMCOF's - Committees, Commissions and Federations

In all division Ad hoc committees, commisions and Federations on various disciplinces are active

Virology

ICTV - International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

BAM

ICFMH - International Committee on Food Microbiology & Hygiene 
ICSP -International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes
ICMSF - International Commission of Microbiological Specifications for Food

Mycology

ICAMD - International Commission on Antigens & Molecular Diagnostics

Chairperson:David Stevens 
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ICFM - International Commission on Food Mycology. For website see www.foodmycology.org. 

Chairperson: Ludwig Niessen. eMail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Secretary: Monica Olsen. Treasurer: Emilia Rico

ICIF - International Commission on Indoor Fungi. For website see www.indoormold.org. 

Contact Person: Robert A Samson. eMail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ICPA - International Commission on Penicillium & Aspergillus. For website see www.aspergilluspenicillium.org

Chairperson: Robert A Samson. eMail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Secretary:Giancarlo Perrone

ICTF - International Commission on Taxonomy of Fungi. website see www.fungaltaxonomy.org

Chairperson: Keith A Seifert. eMail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ICY -International Commission on Yeasts. website: http://icyeast.org/. For the ICY Newsletter click here: Newsletter

Chairperson: Charles A. Abbas. eMail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Federations

WFCC - World Federation for Culture Collections
The WFCC is a Multidisciplinary Commission of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and a Federation within the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). The WFCC is concerned with the collection, authentication, maintenance and distribution of cultures of microorganisms and cultured cells. Its aim is to promote and support the establishment of culture collections and related services, to provide liaison and set up an information network between the collections and their users, to organise workshops and conferences, publications and newsletters and work to ensure the long term perpetuation of important collections.