[Table/Fig-5]:

List of important culture collection centers in India.

Name of the Institute	Type of Collection	WDCM Registration number
DMSRDE Culture Collection, DRDO, New Delhi	Lichens, Fungi	166
National Collection of Dairy Cultures, Karnal, Haryana	Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts	775
Culture Collection, Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, Kolkata	Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts	119
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Mau	Agriculturally Important Microbes	1060
Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh	All kinds of Microbes	773
Indian Type Culture Collection, IARI, New Delhi	Bacteria, Fungi	430
NII Microbial Culture Collection, Kerala	Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts	961
Microbial Culture collection, Pune	Microbes	930