Bacteria, Archaea
| Pathogenic bacteria important pathogens, fastidious, anaerobic or intracellular bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Helicobacter, Campylobacter, Bordetella, Neisseria, Legionella, Pasteurella, Listeria, Bacteroides, Prevotella, Francisella, Borrelia, Leptospira, Treponema, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Rickettsia | PD Dr. Sabine Gronow |
| Gram-negative bacteria Alphaproteobacteria (Sphingomonadales, Hyphomicrobiales), Betaproteobacteria (Burkholderiales, Neisseriales, Rhodocyclales), Gammaproteobacteria (Pseudomonadales, Enterobacterales, Lysobacterales); no human pathogens; Myxococcota incl. the Reichenbach collection; xenobiotic degrading bacteria; collection of ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea | Dr. Richard Hahnke |
| Underrepresented bacterial phyla taxonomically diverse collection with focus on world-wide abundant bacterial phyla represented by only few available type strains: Corynebacteriineae, Pseudonocardiineae, Rhizobiales, Rhodobacteraceae, Acidobacteriota, Elusimicrobiota | Dr. Katharina Huber-Fischer |
| Actinobacteria taxonomically diverse collection of actinobacerial strains with agricultural, environmental, biotechnological and pharmaceutical interest: Catenulisporales, Cryptosporangiales, Frankiales, Geodermatophilales, Glycomycetales, Jatrophihabitantales, Jiangellales, Kineosporiales, Kitasatosporales (Streptomycetaceae), Micrococcales, Micromonosporales, Motilibacterales, Propionibacteriales, Sporichthyales and Streptosporangiales | Dr. Imen Nouioui |
| Gram-positive bacteria Aerobic, microaerophilic and obligate anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria: class Bacilli, Coriobacteriia; orders Bifidobacteriales, Lactobacillales, Micrococcales; families Propionibacteriaceae and Actinomycetaceae; obligate anaerobic bacteria of the order Bacteroidales affiliated to risk group 1; the microbial strain collection of the European Space Agency | Dr. Rüdiger Pukall |
| Cyanobacteria and protists Cyanobacteria incl. Pseudanabaenales, Synechococcales, Chroococcidiopsidales, Chroococcales, Nostocales, Oscillatoriales, Coleofasciculales, Leptolyngbyales and Nodosilineales; diatoms and protozoa | Dr. Silke Pradella |
| Archaea and extremophilic bacteria focus on strictly anaerobic and extremophilic microorganisms, esp. Clostridia, methanogens, sulfate-reducers, hyperthermophiles and acidophiles | Dr. Stefan Spring |
| Halophilic and phototrophic bacteria Halobacteriales, Thermococcaceae, Thermoplasma, Halanaerobiales, anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, Thermales, Planctomycetales, Verrucomicrobiota, nitrogen fixers, budding and appendaged bacteria, Cytophaga/Flavobacteria, methanotrophs, methylotrophs, Gram-negative marine, moderately and extremely halophilic bacteria, filamentous bacteria such as Beggiatoa, Thiothrix, Flexibacter, Sphaerotilus | Dr. Vera Thiel |
Fungi & Yeasts
| Fungi with relevance to human health; yeasts, aquatic fungi; Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Mucoromycota, Blastocladiomycota, Chytridiomycota; fungus-like eukaryotes: Oomycota; slime molds: Mycetozoa; unicellular Chlorophyta: Prototheca | PD Dr. Christiane Baschien Dr. Andrey Yurkov |
Phages
| diverse bacteriophages from different habitats and for a broad variety of host species with a focus on medically relevant bacteria; plasmid strains; E. coli mutants and phage host strains | Dr. Johannes Wittmann Dr. Ana Filipa Moreira Martins |
Plant Virus & Antisera
| Plant virus and antisera | Dr. Wulf Menzel |
Human and Animal Cell Lines
| Human and Animal Cell Lines | Dr. Katrin Rand |
Safe and Patent Deposit
| Safe and Patent Deposit | Dr. Felizitas Bajerski |