[Table/Fig-6]:

List of some important culture collection centers in world.

Name of the Institute	Type of Collection	Total number of deposits	WDCM registration number
American Type Culture Collection(ATCC), USA	B, F, Y, A, V, Protozoa, Cell lines, Plant tissue, Seed	72000	1
Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), Germany	B, F, Y, P, Cell Lines, V, Archaea	23000	274
CAB International (CABI), UK	B, F, Y, Plant parasitic Nematodes	28000	214
NBRC Culture Collection, Japan	B, Y, V, Microalgae, Human cDNA Clones, Archaea	126000	825
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), USA	A,B,F,Y	94000	97
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelculture (CBS), Netherlands	F,Y	72000	133
Universiteit gent- laboratorium voor microbiologie, Belgium	B	25000	296
B- Bacteria, F- Fungi, Y- Yeast, A- Algae, V- Virus