Bacteria, Archaea
| Pathogenic bacteria Important pathogens, fastidious, anaerobic or intracellular bacteria Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Helicobacter, Campylobacter, Bordetella, Neisseria, Legionella, Pasteurella, Listeria, Bacteroides, Prevotella, Francisella, Borrelia, Leptospira, Treponema, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Rickettsia | PD Dr. Sabine Gronow E-Mail |
| Gram-negative bacteria Aerobic and anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria: mainly Gammaproteobacteria such as Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas, Vibrio, Aeromonas, Comamonas, Thauera, Lysobacter, and Xanthomonas; Ammonium oxidizing bacteria and archaea; Myxobacteria; Xenobiotics degrading bacteria | Dr. Richard Hahnke |
| Underrepresented phyla Corynebacterineae, Pseudonocardineae, Rhodobacteraceae, Acidobacteria, Elusimicrobia, Rhizobiales | Dr. Katharina Huber-Fischer |
| Actinomycetales Streptomycineae, Catenulisporineae, Micromonosporineae, Frankineae, Kineosporiineae, Streptosporangineae, Actinopolysporineae, Glycomycineae, Jiangellineae | Dr. Imen Nouioui |
| Gram-positive bacteria Aerobic, microaerophilic and obligate anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria: orders Bacillales, Bifidobacteriales, Lactobacillales, class Coriobacteriia; suborder Micrococcineae; 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, diatoms, and protozoa | Dr. Silke Pradella |
| Archaea and extremophilic bacteria Clostridia, methanogens, sulfate-reducers, hyperthermophiles and acidophiles | Dr. Stefan Spring |
| Halophilic and phototrophic bacteria Halobacteriales, Thermococcaceae, Thermoplasma, Halanaerobiales, anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, Thermales, Planctomycetales, Verrucomicrobia, nitrogen fixers, budding and appendaged bacteria, Cytophaga/Flavobacteria, methanotrophs, methylotrophs, Gram-negative marine, moderately and extremely halophilic bacteria, filamentous bacteria (e.g., Beggiatoa, Thiothrix, Flexibacter, Sphaerotilus) | Dr. Vera Thiel |
Fungi & Yeasts
Phages
| all kinds of phages for medically relevant and antimicrobial resistant bacteria, phage host strains, regulations for re-implementation of phage therapy in Europe, plasmid collection, E. coli collection | Dr. Christine Rohde |
| a broad variety of bacteriophages from different habitats and for various hosts, as well as phage genomics and phage application | Dr. Johannes Wittmann |
Plant Virus & Antisera
| Plant virus and antisera | Dr. Wulf Menzel |
Human and Animal Cell Lines
| Human and Animal Cell Lines | Prof. Dr. Laura Steenpaß |