Culture Collections. not ALL collections. Recommended only.
 NRRL  USA Department of Agriculture. Many strains they have, do not appear on the web database. You must know they do have a strain you
need, from a patent, or a publication, or from the ATCC J),then you tell them, then you get it for free. The freeze-dried cultures package is inconvenient.
Too small. BUT, you can converse with a real scientist, not a clerk
or a robot. These people
collected these strains, made research upon them, and Love them (or so I
feel). And it is FREE! Well, that counts, too.
This is my choice
DSMZ
German collection of microorganisms.Like a German grocery. Cheaper than ATCC, but much more expensive than NRRL. Very satisfying service.
They offer a library of
microbiological media, a good list of abbreviations
of collections codes, etc. I shop there if I couldn't find in NRRL.
ATCC-
American type collection. Most comprehensive. Their culture will stay sterile even if the outer glass vial is cracked. Most expensive. Over $200 a culture, plus some $200 per shipment. This is my first place to search, but the last one to buy from. Only if the strain is nowhere else to find. Sorry.
KCTCBio resource center Korea. UKNCC UK national culture collection
NBRC
Japanese culture collection
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