| Abbreviation | Description |
|---|
| AJ | Ajinomoto Company, Inc., Central Research Laboratories, Kawasaki, Japan |
| ALKO | Formerly Research Laboratories, State Alcohol Monopoly, Helsinki, Finland |
| AMP | Australian Mycological Panel. Previously referred to as "Aust" or SN |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virginia, USA |
| ATHUM | Culture Collection of Fungi, University of Athens, Department of Biology, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Athens, Greece |
| AUCM | All-Union Collection of Microorganisms. Same as VKM |
| B | Janssens Pharmaceutica, Beerse, Belgium |
| BAM | Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany |
| BBA | Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Berlin, Germany. Same as IMB |
| BEL | VTT Biotechnology, Espoo, Finland. Now VTT |
| BGSC | Bacillus Genetic Stock Centre, Ohio State University, Department of Microbiology, Ohio, USA |
| BICZAS | Institute of Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences. Same as BUCSAV |
| BIO | Formerly VTT Biotechnical Laboratory, Espoo, Finland. Now VTT |
| BIOKEMIS | Biokemis, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| BKM | Same as VKM |
| BPE | Collection of the late Dr. B.P. Eddy, Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge, UK |
| BRi | Brewing Research International, Lyttel Hall, Nutfield, Surrey, UK |
| BU | Same as BUCSAV |
| BUCSAV | Botanical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
| CABI | CABI Bioscience UK Centre, Egham, Surrey, UK |
| CBS | Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| CCBAU | Culture Collection of Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China |
| CCEB | Institut of Entomology, CSAV Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Insect Pathology, Prague, Czech Republic |
| CCM | Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic |
| CCRC | Culture Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| CCTM | Formerly Centre de Collection de Type Microbien, Institut de Microbiologie, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| CCUG | Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Göteborg, Sweden |
| CCY | Czech Collection of Yeasts, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control (formerly Communicable Disease Centre), United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| CEB | Centre d'Etudes du Bouchet, Le Bouchet, France |
| CECT | Spanish Type Culture Collection, Universidad de Valencia, Edificio de investigación, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 Burjassot, Spain |
| CGMCC | China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| CIP | Collection de Bactéries de l´ Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. |
| CLMR | Central Laboratory, South Manchuria Railway Company, Dairen, Manchuria |
| CMI | Formerly Commonwealth Mycological Institute, UK. Now CABI |
| CMIM | Central Museum of Industrial Microorganisms. Same as VKPM |
| CMW | Collection of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| CN | Wellcome Collection of Bacteria, Burroughs Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, UK |
| CNCM | Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France |
| CNCTC | Czech National Collection of Type Cultures, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Chech Republic. Same as IEM? |
| CTP | Centre Technique du Papier, Grenoble, France |
| CUB | Actinomycetes Culture Collection, School of Applied Biology, University of Bradford, Yorkshire, UK |
| DBM | Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic |
| DBVPG | Dipartamento di Biologia Vegetale, Sez. Microbiologia Applicata, Perugia, Italy |
| DSM | DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany |
| EBC | European Brewery Convention |
| EELA | National Veterinary and Food Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland |
| ELI | Formerly VTT Food Research Laboratory. Now BEL |
| EMPA | Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Versuchsanstalt, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| ETH | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Institut für spezielle Botanik, Zürich, Switzerland |
| FAT | Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| FDA | US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, USA |
| FERM | Patent and Bio-Resource Centre (formerly Fermentation Research Institute), National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan |
| FGSC | Fungal Genetic Stocks Center, Department of Microbiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA |
| FIRDI | Culture Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| FMJ | Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan |
| FPRL | Forest Products Research Laboratory, Forest Service, US. Department of Agriculture, Madison, WI, USA. Origin of NCWRF. |
| FRI | Food Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, Tsukuba, Japan |
| FRR | Division of Food Research, Food Research Laboratory, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia |
| GTC | Gifu Type Culture Collection, Gifu University, Japan |
| HAMBI | Culture Collection of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| HKI | Hans-Knöll-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung, Jena, Germany |
| HMGB | now NCAIM |
| HMS | Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, USA |
| HY | University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| HY/EKT | Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Division of Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| HY/ELTDK | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| HY/MMKEM | Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Division of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| IAM | Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (formerly Institute of Applied Microbiology), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| IBT | Culture Collection of Fungi (Mycology Group), Department of Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Lungby, Denmark |
| ICBM | Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Oldenburg, Germany |
| ICMP | International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants, Plant Diseases Division, DSIR, Auckland, New Zealand. |
| ICPB | International Collection of Phytopathogenic Bacteria, Davis, California, USA |
| IEM | Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic |
| IFG | Institut für Gärungsgewerbe, Berlin, Germany |
| IFO | Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, Japan, now NBRC |
| IGC | Portuguese Yeast Culture Collection, SA Biotecnologia, Fac. Ciencias e Technologia/UNL, Caparica, Portugal. Now PYCC. |
| IID | Institute for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan |
| IMB | Institut für Mykologie, BBA, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany |
| IMET | Formerly Nationale Kulturensammlung für Mikroorganismen, Zentralinstitut für Mikrobiologie und Experimentelle Therapie, Jena, GDR. Now DSM. |
| IMI | Formerly International Mycological Institute, Culture Collection, Kew, Surrey, UK. Now CABI. |
| IMRU | Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
| INA | Institute for Research on New Antibiotics, Moscow, Russia |
| INMI | Institute of Microbiology, Russ. Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| IP | Institut Pasteur, Paris, France |
| IPV | Institute of Plant Pathology, University of Milano, Milano, Italy |
| ISP | International Streptomyces Project, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, USA |
| ITI | Same as TII |
| IZ | Instituto Zimotecnico Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| JCM | Japan Collection of Microorganisms, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan |
| KACC | Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Republic of Korea |
| KCC | Culture Collection of Actinomycetes, Kaken Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan |
| KCTC | Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Genetic Resources Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Yusong Taejon, Korea |
| KEKI | Central Food Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary |
| KM | Kansai Medical School, Osaka, Japan |
| KTL | National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland |
| KY | Tokyo Research Laboratory, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Company Ltd., Tokyo, Japan |
| LBG | Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Bakteriologie und Gärungsbiologie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland |
| LCP | Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Paris, France |
| LMD | Laboratory of Microbiology, Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands |
| LMG | Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium |
| LSHB | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Biochemistry Department, London, UK |
| LSHTM | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Mycological Reference Laboratory, London, UK |
| LTS | Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge, UK. |
| METLA | Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland |
| MS | Central Research Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd, Yokohama, Japan |
| MTKT | Formerly Agricultural Research Centre, Institute of Plant Pathology, Jokioinen, Finland. Now MTT. |
| MTT | MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Jokioinen, Finland |
| MTTK | Same as MTKT. Now MTT. |
| MUCL | Mycoteque de l'Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium |
| NBRC | National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), Department of Biotechnology, Biological Resource Center, Chiba, Japan |
| NCA | National Canner's Association, Washington, DC, USA |
| NCAIM | National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms, Szent Istvan University, Budapest, Hungary |
| NCDC | Same as CDC. |
| NCDO | Formerly National Collection of Dairy Organisms, UK. Now NCIMB. |
| NCFB | Formerly National Collection of Food Bacteria, AFRC Institute of Food Research, Shinfield, Reading, UK. Now NCIMB. |
| NCIB | Formerly National Collection of Industrial Bacteria, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Now NCIMB |
| NCIMB | National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria Ltd., Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| NCMB | Formerly National Collection of Marine Bacteria, UK. Now NCIMB |
| NCPF | National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi, PHLS Mycological Reference Laboratory, Bristol, UK |
| NCPPB | National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK |
| NCTC | National Collection of Type Cultures, PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK |
| NCWRF | National Collection of Wood-Rotting Fungi, Timber Protection Division, Building Research Establishment, Watford, UK |
| NCYC | National Collection of Yeast Cultures, ReNo Ltd., Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK |
| NDRC | National Defense Research Committee, Washington, DC, USA |
| NEP | New England Biolabs, Beverly MA, USA |
| NI | Nagao Institute, Tokyo, Japan |
| NIH | National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
| NRC | National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
| NRCC | Same as NRC |
| NRRL | ARS Culture Collection, Northern Utilization Research and Development Division (formerly Northern Regional Research Laboratory), US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, USA |
| NZDRI | New Zealand Dairy Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| NZRCC | New Zealand Reference Culture Collection, DSIR Plant Diseases Division, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand |
| OUT | Department of Biotechnology (formerly Department of Fermentation Technology), Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan |
| PCI | Penicillin Control and Immunology Section, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, USA |
| PDDCC | Plant Disease Division Culture Collection, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Aukland, New Zealand. |
| PMS | University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
| PRL | Prairie Regional Laboratory, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| PSA | Progetto Sistematica Actinomiceti, Institute of Microbiology, Milano University, Milano, Italy |
| PUU | Formerly VTT Forest Products Laboratory, Espoo, Finland. Now RTE |
| PZH | Collection of Cultures, Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland |
| Q | Pioneering Research Division. formerly Quartermaster Research and Development Center), US Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Massachusetts, USA |
| QM | Pioneering Research Division (formerly Quartermaster Research and Development Center), US Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Massachusetts, USA |
| REF | Röhm Enzyme Finland Oy, Rajamäki, Finland, now AB Enzymes Oy |
| RF | Same as RF |
| RH | Collection of Dr. R. Hugh, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA |
| RIA | Research Institute for Antibiotics, Moscow, Russia |
| RIB | National Research Institute of Brewing, Tokyo, Japan |
| RIBM | Research Institute for Brewing and Malting, Prague, Czech Republic |
| RTE | VTT Building Technology, Espoo, Finland. Now VTT |
| RUT | Rutgers University. See IMRU |
| RV | Collection of Leptospira Strains, Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy |
| SLV | Statens Livsmedelsverk, Uppsala, Sweden |
| TC | Thaxter Collection, Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| TII | Technological Institute of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| TKK | Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland |
| TTKK | Same as TTKY |
| TTKY | Technical University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland |
| TUM | Technische Universität München Weihenstephan, Lehrstuhl für Technologie der Brauerei II, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany |
| UAMH | Mold Herbarium and Culture Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| UCD | University of California, Department of Food Science and Technology, Davis, California, USA |
| UCM | Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Quimica, Spain |
| UMIST | University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology |
| UNCC | Actinoplanaeae Culture Collection, University of North Columbia, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA |
| USCC | University of Surrey Culture Collection, Department of Microbiology, University of Surrey, Guidford, UK |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA |
| WB | University of Wisconsin, Department of Bacteriology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
| VKM | All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region , Russia |
| VKPM | Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms, GNII Genetika, Moscow, Russia |
| VLB | Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei, Institut für Gärungsgewerbe, Berlin, Germany |
| VPI | Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA |
| VTT | Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland |
