Welcome to the Leibniz Institute DSMZ

German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH

Research

The research focus of the almost 100 scientists at the DSMZ are the various aspects of biodiversity in prokaryotes & eukaryotes.

Research groups

Collection

In our online shop we offer the most diverse portfolio of bioresources for researchers from academia & industry.

Catalogue

Services

We offer a comprehensive portfolio of services like identification, characterization, specific analyses & online tools.

Services

News

Grapevine Red Blotch Disease Impacts Global Wine Production

What research knows about Grapevine Red Blotch Disease of grapevines

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Virus beeinträchtigt die globale Weinproduktion

Was die Forschung über die Grapevine Red Blotch Krankheit von Weinreben weiß

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Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Yvonne Mast and Prof. Dr. Laura Steenpaß from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ at the TU Braunschweig

The Professors Dr. Yvonne Mast and Dr. Laura Steenpaß from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures held their…

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Antrittsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Yvonne Mast und Prof. Dr. Laura Steenpaß vom Leibniz-Institut DSMZ an der TU Braunschweig

Die Professorinnen Dr. Yvonne Mast und Dr. Laura Steenpaß vom Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH…

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Textbook knowledge turned on its head: 3-in-1 microorganism discovered

Study on environmentally relevant microorganisms shows greater diversity than previously assumed

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Bioresources

Bacteria

> 35,500 strains

Archaea

> 730 strains

Plant viruses

> 830 viruses

Human & Animal Cell Lines

> 880 cell lines

Plasmids

> 250 plasmids

Fungi & Yeasts

> 8,000 strains

Bacteriophages

> 1,000 phages

Cyanobacteria & Protists

> 110 bioresources

BacDive

The Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Our metadatabase of organism-linked information covering the multifarious aspects of bacterial and archaeal biodiversity.
 

TYGS

Type (Strain) Genome Server

TYGS offers a truly genome-based classification and identification of prokaryotic strains without overestimating phylogenetic confidence.

LPSN

List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

LPSN is a compilation of all names of Bacteria & Archaea which have been validly published according to the Bacteriological Code.

Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Profile Search

Analysis of Short Tandem Repeats

Since STR microsatellites are stable as well as highly polymorphic in human populations, STR profiling is shown to be ideal for authentication of human cell line samples.