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Riken

The Microbe Division in RIKEN-BRC has been collecting, preserving, and distributing cultured microbial strains as one of the leading culture collections in the world since established as Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM) in 1981. JCM aims to contribute to scientific communities by maintaining and serving high-quality microbial resources useful for general microbial studies and various research fields particularly in health and environmental science. JCM has participated in the National BioResource Projectsupported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan as the core facility for “General Microbes“.

JCM maintains approximately 25,000 strains as of Jan. 2017, and the approximate numbers of the available strains from JCM are: 11,200 strains of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria including actinomycetes, 520 strains of archaea, and 5,200 strains of fungi including yeasts (in total ca. 17,000 strains). Strains held at JCM are limited to those classified in Risk Group 1 or 2. Information of the available strains is opened to the public through the JCM On-line Catalogue Database. Genomic DNA samples of some strains are also distributed in cooperation with RIKEN BRC-DNA Bank. More than 3,500 strains are annually distributed to domestic and overseas researchers.

Country of Origin:  Japan