History of the Culture Collection of Yeasts
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History of the Culture Collection of Yeasts
The Culture Collection of Yeasts (former Czechoslovak Collection of Yeasts) was founded by Dr. Anna Kocková-Kratochvílová at the Research Institute of Brewing and Malting in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1946. At first the Collection started with strains originated from the Laboratory of Vitamin and Hormone Chemistry in Prague and these strains are still maintained in the CCY and form the oldest part of the collection.
Biography of Dr. Anna Kocková-Kratochvílová
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Biography of Dr. Anna Kocková-Kratochvílová (1915-1992)
Dr. Kocková-Kratochvílová was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in March 2, 1915. Their family moved to Bratislava and she attended secondary school there. She graduated in plant physiology from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague, in 1938. Dr. Kocková-Kratochvílová defended her PhD thesis “The significance of fermentation types” in 1962. She received her Dr.Sc. degree in 1968.