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

Congratulations!

Jade Bosviel has successfully completed her doctoral thesis on May 26, 2025. Her research thesis, titled "Ecology and spatiotemporal dynamics of Nitro…

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Successful relaunch of the DSMZ online shop: Microorganisms and cell cultures for the world

Leibniz Institute DSMZ relaunches web shop and includes analyses and services in its digital portfolio

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Relaunch des DSMZ-Online-Shops erfolgreich: Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen für die Welt

Leibniz-Institut DSMZ relauncht Online-Shop und schließt Analysen und Services in das digitale Angebot ein

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Dr. Amber Hartman Scholz als Mitglied in den Lenkungsausschuss des Multilateralen Mechanismus für digitale Sequenzinformationen im Rahmen des UN-Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt gewählt

Dr. Amber Hartman Scholz, Leiterin der Abteilung Science Policy und Internationalisierung am Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von…

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Dr. Amber Hartman Scholz selected for Steering Committee of Multilateral Mechanism on Digital Sequence Information under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Dr. Amber Hartman Scholz, Head of the Department of Science Policy and Internationalization at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Culture Collection of…

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Bioresources

Bacteria

> 39,500 strains

Archaea

> 790 strains

Plant viruses

> 970 viruses

Human & Animal Cell Lines

> 950 cell lines

Plasmids

> 250 plasmids

Fungi & Yeasts

> 9,900 strains

Bacteriophages

> 1,400 phages

Cyanobacteria & Protists

> 160 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.