There are totally 3347925 microbials in the above culture collections
1476107 of them are bacteria.
887650 of them are fungi.
39207 of them are virus.
37923 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 819 culture collections in 78 countries and regions registered in WDCM.
| Supported by | No. of collections |
|---|---|
| University | 348 |
| Governmental | 308 |
| Semi-governmental | 65 |
| Private | 59 |
| Industry | 24 |
439 collections produce catalogue of holdings.
6938 people work in these culture collections.
| Service Type | No. of collections |
|---|---|
| Patent deposits | 122 |
| Storage service | 371 |
| Distribution | 376 |
| Identification | 415 |
| training | 329 |
| 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 | 30412 |
| 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 | 68427 |
| Slovak | 4 | 4825 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 17142 |
| Spain | 5 | 12821 |
| Sweden | 4 | 52940 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 3965 |
| Turkey | 12 | 7769 |
| U.K. | 18 | 87219 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 18695 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 3436 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 897 |
| Total | 258 | 1189282 |
| 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 | 89 | 137292 |
| Canada | 20 | 88741 |
| Chile | 5 | 2491 |
| Colombia | 4 | 8035 |
| Cuba | 13 | 6440 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 4481 |
| Mexico | 18 | 9757 |
| U.S.A. | 37 | 343835 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 20 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 3476 |
| Total | 210 | 614848 |
| Countries and Regions | Culture Collections | Cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1 | 25 |
| China | 48 | 343831 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 75746 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 3201 |
| India | 33 | 221241 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 15774 |
| Iran | 23 | 112486 |
| 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 | 4 | 10306 |
| Total | 303 | 1390962 |
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 9 |
| U.K. | 7 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 51 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 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 | 123 | 75 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 14 | 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 | 221241 |
| 6 | Korea (Rep. of) | 175183 |
| 7 | Brazil | 137292 |
| 8 | Thailand | 124597 |
| 9 | Iran | 112486 |
| 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 | 68427 |
| 19 | Sweden | 52940 |
| 20 | Italy | 49972 |