+++ Winter Break +++

Please note that orders and requests received via email or our webshop during our Winter Break from 15 Dec 2025 to
9 Jan 2026 will be stored in our systems, but not processed until after the break.
Shipping of pending purchase orders will start on 12 Jan 2026 in the order of their arrival at DSMZ.

The DSMZ currently hosts more than 92,500 bioresources, most of them are available from our online catalogues. 

Please note: In order to browse the catalogue, you do NOT need to register! A registration is only necessary if you want to place an order.

For information related to the purchase process, please see our guideline (German version).

Microorganisms

The DSMZ microbial open collections contain over 32,700 bioresources representing about 80% of the known microbial diversity.

Human and Animal Cell Lines

The open DSMZ cell lines collection currently comprises more than 970 different immortalized cell cultures of primate, rodent, amphibian, fish, and insect origin isolated from numerous tissues as well as a number of hybridomas.

Plant Viruses and Antisera

This catalogue offers you a continuously growing spectrum of plant virus isolates and high quality serological reagents and corresponding positive controls for routine detection of the most important plant viruses in agricultural and horticultural crops.