WORLD DIRECTORY OF CULTURE COLLECTIONS
(SIXTH VERSION, 2014)
Until 31 August, 2013, 647 culture collections from 70 countries have registered in CCINFO. The
number of preserved strains is 2,357,224. In addition, 5 culture collections might be combined to the
other organizations or disassembled: WDCM 7，Centre des Yersinia(CY); WDCM 237, Fredericton
Stock Culture Collection(FSC); WDCM 335, New Zealand Reference Culture Collection and Soil
Section(NZRP); WDCM 376, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre(WARC); WDCM 872，Freshwater
Algae Culture Collection(FACHB).
1.1 Global distribution of culture collections
The graph 1 indicates the number of registered culture collections in different countries and regions.
The graph2 shows the distribution and the quantity of culture collections in different countries and
regions all over the world.
Graph1: the distribution map of culture collections in different countries and regions. The three
different color from shallow to deep on this map shows the corresponding number of culture
collections: 0-5; 5-10; above 10
Graph2: the distribution map of preserved items in different countries and regions. The three
different color from shallow to deep on this map shows the corresponding number of preserved
cultures: 0-10,000; 10,000-100, 000; above 100,000.
1.2 Registered Culture Collections by years
The diagram of CCINFO registered culture collections will show the trend below. Until 31 August, 2013,
the total number of registered culture collections is 647.
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
- 0
Graph3: The bar chart demonstrates the registered culture collection increases year by year.
1.3 Statistics of Collections and Cultures
The following tables show the number of culture collections and preserved cultures in each country
or region.
Africa
Countries and Regions |
Culture Collections |
Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1 | 1,808 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 223 |
| Senegal | 1 | 210 |
| South Africa | 3 | 10,860 |
| Uganda | 1 | 550 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 702 |
| Total | 11 | 15,393 |
America
Countries and Regions |
Culture Collections |
Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 12 | 7,094 |
| Brazil | 65 | 176,902 |
| Canada | 18 | 82,315 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 |
| Colombia | 2 | 4,474 |
| Cuba | 9 | 6,336 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 2,700 |
| Mexico | 18 | 9,078 |
| U.S.A. | 24 | 242,436 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 2,984 |
| Total | 153 | 534,319 |
Asia
Countries and Regions |
Culture Collections |
Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| China | 27 | 156,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 60 |
| India | 27 | 152,849 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 11,237 |
| Iran | 8 | 8,593 |
| Israel | 4 | 776 |
| Japan | 25 | 247,037 |
| Korea (Rep. of) | 21 | 145,009 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 4,452 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1,500 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 2,898 |
| Philippines | 6 | 3,456 |
| Singapore | 3 | 6,289 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 342 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 67,227 |
| Thailand | 60 | 97,401 |
| Viet Nam | 2 | 7,629 |
| Total | 223 | 912,804 |
Europe
Countries and Regions |
Culture Collections |
Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 1 | 11,520 |
| Austria | 2 | 6,070 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1,175 |
| Belgium | 7 | 56,128 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 12,979 |
| Czech | 13 | 11,241 |
| Denmark | 3 | 88,566 |
| Estonia | 4 | 13,300 |
| Finland | 2 | 10,412 |
| France | 38 | 86,350 |
| Germany | 13 | 93,368 |
| Greece(Hellenic Rep.) | 6 | 6,377 |
| Hungary | 8 | 13,962 |
| Ireland | 1 | 380 |
| Italy | 10 | 23,879 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 398 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1,361 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 90,775 |
| Norway | 2 | 3,028 |
| Poland | 9 | 8,545 |
| Portugal | 5 | 7,035 |
| Romania | 2 | 760 |
| Russian Federation | 22 | 60,168 |
| Slovak | 3 | 4,916 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 12,242 |
| Spain | 4 | 10,321 |
| Sweden | 3 | 52,700 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 3,965 |
| Turkey | 10 | 5,607 |
| U.K. | 19 | 84,210 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 10,944 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1,443 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 897 |
| Total | 220 | 795,022 |
Oceania
Countries and Regions |
Culture Collections |
Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 34 | 82,946 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 25,045 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 270 |
| Senegal | 41 | 108,261 |
1.4 Count by microbial
There are totally 2,365,799 microbial in the culture collections of CCINFO. 1,020,206 of them are
bacteria; 646,758 of them are fungi; 36,791 of them are virus; 31,178 of them are Cell line.
1.5 Status of Collections
Supported by |
No. of collections |
|---|---|
| Governmental | 255 |
| University | 253 |
| Semi-governmental | 56 |
| Private | 40 |
| Industry | 22 |
1.6 Statistics of Staff
There is totally 5430 people work in CCINFO culture collections.
1.7 Statistics of Services
284 culture collections provide consulting, 308 culture collections provide strain distribution service, 330
culture collections provide strain identification service, 100 culture collections provide patent deposits
service, 289 culture collections provide storage service, 283 culture collections provide Training.
Service Type |
No. of collections |
|---|---|
| Consult | 284 |
| Distribution | 308 |
| Identification | 330 |
| Patent deposits | 100 |
| Storage service | 289 |
| Training | 283 |
1.8 Publication of Culture Collections
52 culture collections published catalogue Computerized, 68 culture collections published online
catalogue and 39 culture collections published regional catalogue. 74 culture collections hope to publish
their catalogue, also they might need help to publish. 51 culture collections are planning to publish. 88
culture collections have no intention to publish.
Graph4: The bar chart demonstrates cultures publish in the registered culture collection.