Test Strains for Drug Research

Strain Name Characteristics
DSM 1116 Escherichia coli Quality control strain according to DIN 58959-7 and European Pharmacopoeia
DSM 19882 Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 human clinical isolate, pathogenic in mice and invertebrates and also in plants
DSM 1665 Candida albicans fungicide testing strain
DSM 20477 Enterococcus faecium Serological group D, serotype 11, Quality control strain according to DIN 58959-7, Type strain
DSM 17050 Enterococcus faecium vanA (VREF), vancomycin resistant
DSM 11865 Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 9V; penicilin resistance
DSM 20566 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1; Type strain
DSM 30191 Chromobacterium violaceum genome sequenced, Type strain
DSM 1790 Micrococcus luteus Quality control strain
DSM 10 Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis genome sequenced, Type strain
DSM 6766 Pichia anomala genome sequenced, Neotype strain
DSM 2656 Mucor hiemalis Type strain
DSM 20231 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus Type strain, Serovar 3, not MRSA
DSM 11822 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus MRSA
     
Soon available at DSMZ:    
  Escherichia coli WT-3 (#644; gyrA[S83L,D87G]) quinolone resistance