compiled by Rowena Stern, UBC, Canada
status quo February 2010

last updated by M. Hoppenrath 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Australia
MUACC = Murdoch University Algal Culture Collection, Michael A. Borowitzka, [email protected]
Australian National Algae Culture Collection = CSIRO NACC

 

 

Brazil
UFScarCC = Freshwater Microalgae Collection Cultures, Armando a. Henriques Vieira, [email protected]
SMIP = Secao de Maricultura, Naoyo Yamanaka, (55) 132-368022
IOUSP = Marine Microalgae Culture Collection, Ana Maria Pires-Vanin, [email protected]

 

Canada
CCCM = Canadian Centre for the Culture of Microorganisms , houses NEPCC (marine) and FACC (Freshwater), Donna Dinh, [email protected]
UTCC = University of Toronto Culture Collection of Algae and Cyanobacteria   = now called Canadian Phycological Culture Centre at University of Toronto (CPCC), Judy Acreman, [email protected]

 

China
CCTCC = Chinese Centre for Type Cultures Collections, Chengxiang Fang, [email protected]
CMBGCAS = Collection of Marine Biological Germplasm, Xiao-Yan Hu, [email protected]

 

Denmark
SCCAP = Scandinavian Culture Centre of Algae and Protozoa 

 

France
ALCP = Algotheque du Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Alain Coute, [email protected]
Algobank-Caen , Veron Benoit, [email protected]
RCC = Roscoff Culture Collecton , Daniel Vaulot, [email protected]
NCC = Nantes Culture Collection, Vincent Turpin, [email protected]

 

Germany
CCAC = Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Cologne , Barbara Melkonian, [email protected]
SAG = Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Göttingen , [email protected] ; Maike Lorenz, [email protected] ; Thomas Friedl, [email protected]

 

Japan
NIES = Microbial Culture Collection , Fumai Kasai, [email protected]

 

Mexico
CODIMAR = Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Lourdes Morquecho, [email protected]

 

New Zealand
CICCM = Cawthron Institute Culture Collection, Krystyna Ponikla, [email protected]

Microalgae culture collection

 

Norway
NORCCA = Norwegian Culture Collection of Algae, NIVA
now includes the former Danish algal culture collection SCCAP

 

Russia
CALU = Collection of Algae in Leningrad, St. Petersburg, State University, [email protected]
IPPAS = Culture Collection of Microalgae , [email protected]
PGC = Peterhof Genetic Collection of Microalgae, [email protected]

 

USA
ARC = Algal Resources Collection , Carmelo Tomas & Stephen Eitelmann,  [email protected]  &  [email protected]
Antarctic Protist Culture Collection (private), David Caron & Rebecca Gast, [email protected] & [email protected]
ATCC = American Type Culture Collection , Raymond H. Cypess, [email protected]
NCMA = The Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, Michael Lomas, [email protected]
UTEX = The Culture Colleciton of Algae at the University of Texas at Austin , Jerry Brand, [email protected]

 

United Kingdom
CCAP = Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa , Frithjof Kuepper, [email protected]
MBA collection = Plymouth Culture Collection of Marine Algae

 

culture collections of the world