About the Institution
The Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig with Database and IT-Department is one of the largest biological resource centers worldwide. Its culture and tissue collections and DNA Bank currently comprise almost 40,000 items, including about 20,000 different bacterial and 5,000 fungal strains, 700 human and animal cell lines, 800 plant cell lines, 1,000 plant viruses and antisera, and 4,800 different types of bacterial genomic DNA.
About the Data Center
The DSMZ data center focusses on providing organism-linked information covering the multifarious aspects of bacterial biodiversity.
Data archiving for research projects:
- Data accompanied by the deposit of a biological resource (bacterial or cell culture lines) within the DSMZ collections (Deposit in the DSMZ)
- Data describing microbial diversity (e.g. taxonomic classification, morphology, physiology, cultivation, origin, natural habitat)