There are totally 3319000 microbials in the above culture collections
1455633 of them are bacteria.
882217 of them are fungi.
39492 of them are virus.
38023 of them are Cell line.
| strain | No. of Species/sub-species |
|---|---|
| algae | 3060 |
| archaea | 460 |
| bacteria | 16495 |
| CDNA | 15 |
| celllines_animal | 401 |
| celllines_plants | 0 |
| fungi | 25611 |
| hybridomas_animal | 0 |
| hybridomas_plants | 0 |
| lichens | 0 |
| plasmids | 648 |
| protozoa | 60 |
| vectors | 1783 |
| viruses_animal | 66 |
| viruses_bacteria | 976 |
| viruses_plants | 84 |
| yeasts | 1216 |
There are 815 culture collections in 78 countries and regions registered in WDCM.
| Supported by | No. of collections |
|---|---|
| University | 344 |
| Governmental | 307 |
| Semi-governmental | 65 |
| Private | 57 |
| Industry | 24 |
434 collections produce catalogue of holdings.
6880 people work in these culture collections.
| Service Type | No. of collections |
|---|---|
| Patent deposits | 121 |
| Storage service | 366 |
| Distribution | 375 |
| Identification | 413 |
| training | 327 |
| consult | 323 |
| Countries and Regions | Culture Collections | Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 1 | 11520 |
| Austria | 2 | 6070 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1645 |
| Belgium | 7 | 295229 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 12807 |
| Czech | 14 | 14995 |
| Denmark | 3 | 112066 |
| Estonia | 5 | 15835 |
| Finland | 2 | 10857 |
| France | 38 | 98685 |
| Germany | 15 | 107024 |
| Greece(Hellenic Rep.) | 8 | 7962 |
| Hungary | 8 | 15451 |
| Ireland | 1 | 380 |
| Italy | 20 | 49972 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 398 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1452 |
| Macedonia | 1 | 12 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 106275 |
| Norway | 2 | 3028 |
| Poland | 10 | 9206 |
| Portugal | 9 | 14940 |
| Romania | 2 | 760 |
| Russian Federation | 29 | 63293 |
| Slovak | 4 | 4825 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 17142 |
| Spain | 5 | 12821 |
| Sweden | 4 | 52940 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 3965 |
| Turkey | 12 | 7759 |
| U.K. | 18 | 87219 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 13809 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 3436 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 897 |
| Total | 258 | 1164675 |
| Countries and Regions | Culture Collections | Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6 | 2973 |
| Morocco | 2 | 1742 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 385 |
| Senegal | 1 | 210 |
| South Africa | 4 | 13660 |
| Uganda | 1 | 550 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 702 |
| Total | 19 | 20222 |
| Countries and Regions | Culture Collections | Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 15 | 10280 |
| Bahamas | 2 | |
| Brazil | 87 | 136684 |
| Canada | 20 | 88741 |
| Chile | 5 | 2491 |
| Colombia | 3 | 4948 |
| Cuba | 12 | 6414 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 4481 |
| Mexico | 18 | 9757 |
| U.S.A. | 37 | 343835 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 20 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 3476 |
| Total | 206 | 611127 |
| Countries and Regions | Culture Collections | Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1 | 25 |
| China | 48 | 343831 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 75746 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 3201 |
| India | 33 | 220713 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 15774 |
| Iran | 23 | 112487 |
| Israel | 4 | 776 |
| Japan | 26 | 265863 |
| Korea (Rep. of) | 26 | 175183 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 16828 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 7131 |
| Nepal | 1 | 14 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 4168 |
| Philippines | 6 | 4197 |
| Qatar | 1 | 2300 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 9 |
| Singapore | 3 | 6289 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 997 |
| Thailand | 66 | 124597 |
| Viet Nam | 3 | 10236 |
| Total | 302 | 1390365 |
| Countries and Regions | Culture Collections | Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 34 | 97120 |
| Fiji | 1 | 49 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 28148 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 270 |
| Total | 42 | 125587 |
| Countries and Regions | Patent | Store | Distribution | Identification | Training | Consult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Belgium | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 18 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Czech | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| France | 8 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 44 | 36 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 29 |
| Greece(Hellenic Rep.) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 13 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 15 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Russian Federation | 13 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 49 | 39 |
| Slovak | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Turkey | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 9 |
| U.K. | 7 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 51 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 27 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Countries and Regions | Patent | Store | Distribution | Identification | Training | Consult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Countries and Regions | Patent | Store | Distribution | Identification | Training | Consult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18 |
| Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 4 | 0 | 42 | 43 | 122 | 75 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 31 |
| U.S.A. | 4 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 42 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 |
| Countries and Regions | Patent | Store | Distribution | Identification | Training | Consult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 9 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 93 | 43 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 84 | 33 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 23 |
| Iran | 6 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 10 |
| Israel | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
| Korea (Rep. of) | 5 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 27 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 8 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 9 |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 |
| Thailand | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 16 |
| Viet Nam | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Countries and Regions | Patent | Store | Distribution | Identification | Training | Consult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 18 |
| Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rank | Countries and Regions | Total hold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | U.S.A. | 343835 |
| 2 | China | 343831 |
| 3 | Belgium | 295229 |
| 4 | Japan | 265863 |
| 5 | India | 220713 |
| 6 | Korea (Rep. of) | 175183 |
| 7 | Brazil | 136684 |
| 8 | Thailand | 124597 |
| 9 | Iran | 112487 |
| 10 | Denmark | 112066 |
| 11 | Germany | 107024 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 106275 |
| 13 | France | 98685 |
| 14 | Australia | 97120 |
| 15 | Canada | 88741 |
| 16 | U.K. | 87219 |
| 17 | Chinese Taipei | 75746 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 63293 |
| 19 | Sweden | 52940 |
| 20 | Italy | 49972 |