Table 3.
Accreditated mBRCs
| Acronym | Name | Country | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATCC | American type culture collection | USA | ISO9001:2008; ISO 17025:2005; ISO Guide 34:2009 |
| BIOCEN (BioCC) | Centro Nacional de Biopreparados | Cuba | ISO 9001:2000 |
| CABI | CABI Genetic Resource Collection | UK | Part ISO17025 |
| CCCM | Czech Culture Collection of Microorganisms | Czech Republic | ISO 9001:2008 |
| CBS | Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures | Netherlands | ISO9001:2008 |
| CCOS | Culture Collection of Switzerland | Switzerland | ISO 9001:2008 |
| CCRC | Culture Collection and Research Center, FIRDI | Taiwan | ISO 9001:2000; ISO/IEC 17025:2005 |
| CECT | Coleccion Espanola de Cultivos Tipo | Spain | ISO9001:2008 |
| CRBIP | Collection de l’Institut Pasteur | France | ISO9001:2008 |
| DSMZ | Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH | Germany | ISO9001:2008 |
| ICLC | Interlab Cell Line Collection | Italy | GMP |
| IFM | Quality Services Pty Ltd | Australia | ISO/IEC 17025; ISO/IEC17043 |
| IHEM | Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Mycology | Belgium | ISO 9001:2008; ISO/IEC 17025:2005 |
| LMBP | Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology Ghent University Plasmid collection | Belgium | ISO9001:2008 |
| LMG | University of Gent | Belgium | ISO9001:2008 |
| MUCL | Mycology, University Louvain la Neuve | Belgium | ISO9001:2008 |
| MUM | Micoteca da Universidade do Minho | Portugal | ISO9001:2008 |
| NBRC | NITE Biological Resource Center | Japan | ISO9001:2001 |
| NCIMB | National Collection of Industrial, Food, Marine Bacteria | UK | ISO9001:2000 |
| NCPV | National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses | UK | ISO 9001:2008 |
| NCTC | National Collection of Type Cultures | UK | ISO 9001:2008 |
| NCYC | National Collection of Yeast Cultures | UK | ISO 9001:2008 |
| VTT | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Culture Collection | Finland | ISO 9001:2008 |