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.

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Collection

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

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Services

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

Services

News

The Plant Viruses Department at the DSMZ ensures the safe transfer of genetic resources using state-of-the-art diagnostic methods, thereby making a…

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Die Abteilung Pflanzenviren der DSMZ gewährleistet mit modernster Diagnostik den sicheren Transfer genetischer Ressourcen und leistet damit einen…

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Two recent publications offer practical guidance on regulatory compliance and access and benefit-sharing within the increasingly complex web of…

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Microbiome analyses provide new insights into the biodiversity and biological potential of bacterial consortia

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Mikrobiom-Analysen ermöglichen neue Einblicke in die Artenvielfalt und das biologische Potential bakterieller Konsortien

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Bioresources

Bacteria

> 41,000 strains

Archaea

> 800 strains

Plant viruses

> 1,000 viruses

Human & Animal Cell Lines

> 990 cell lines

Plasmids

> 250 plasmids

Fungi & Yeasts

> 10,500 strains

Bacteriophages

> 1,500 phages

Cyanobacteria & Protists

> 180 bioresources

Research

In the focus ...

DSMZ Digital Diversity is an integrated suite of 10 scientific databases of fundamental relevance for the life sciences. The resulting data platform…

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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.