Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures  

The DSMZ is one of the largest biological ressource centers worldwide. Its collections currently comprise almost 40,000 items, including about 20,000 different bacterial and 5,000 fungal strains, 700 human and animal cell lines, 800 plant cell lines, 1,000 plant viruses and antisera, and 4,800 different types of bacterial genomic DNA. All biological materials accepted in the DSMZ collection are subject to extensive quality control and physiological and molecular characterization by our central services.