Affiliate members
1 AWRI AWRI Microorganisms Culture Collection Australia
2 IFM IFM Quality Services Pty Ltd Australia 805
3 USC University of the Sunshine Coast Australia
4 BCCM/GeneCorner GeneCorner Plasmid Collection Belgium 643
5 BCCM/LMG LMG Bacteria Collection Belgium 296
6 MUCL MUCL Agro-food & Environmental Fungal Collection Belgium 308
7 CBMAI Brazilian Collection of Microorganisms from the Environment and Industry Brazil 823
8 CCMA-UFLA Culture Collection of Agricultural Microbiology Brazil 1083
9 CMRP Microbiological Collections of Paraná Network Brazil 1240
10 CNPSo Culture Collection of Diazotrophic and Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria of Embrapa Soja Brazil 1054
11 COAD Coleção Octávio de Almeida Drumond Brazil 989
12 EMBRAPA Embrapa Agrobiology Brazil
13 ACUS Algal Collection of Sofia University Bulgaria 965
14 NBIMCC National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures Bulgaria 135
15 CFIA_Lcc Canadian Food Inspection Agency Canada 1216
16 LYCC Lallemand Yeast Culture Collection Canada 634
17 CCCT Colección Chilena de Cultivos Tipo Chile 1111
18 CCAM China Collection of Anaerobic Microorganisms China 1189
19 CGMCC China General Microbiological Culture Collection China 550
20 CICC China Center of Industrial Culture Collection China 582
21 JMCC Junlebao Microbiological Culture Collection Center China 1087
22 CM-PUJ Coleccion Microorganismos Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Colombia 857
23 CCALA Culture Collection of Autotrophic Organisms Czech Republic 905
24 CCDM Culture Collection of Dairy Microorganisms Laktoflora Czech Republic 878
25 CCM Czech Collection of Microorganisms Czech Republic 65
26 CNCTC Czech National Collection of Type Cultures Czech Republic 130
27 VURV Culture collection of microorganisms of Crop Research Institute Czech Republic 1236
28 BioCC-MC BioCC culture microbial collection Estonia 1080
29 HAMBI HAMBI Culture Collection CC Finland 779
30 VTTCC VTT Culture Collection Finland 139
31 CCAC Central Collection of Algal Cultures Germany 807
32 DSMZ Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures Germany 274
33 MZCH Microalgae and Zygnematophyceae Collection Hamburg Germany
34 SAG Sammlung von Algenkulturen at University of Goettingen Germany 192
35 ELKE Agricutural University of Athens Greece
36 NCAIM National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms Hungary 485
37 SZMC Szeged Microbiological Collection Hungary 987
38 MCC Microbial Culture Collection India 930
39 MCM MACS Collection of Microorganisms India 561
40 MTCC Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank India 773
41 NCCPF National Culture Collection of Pathogenic Fungi India 1118
42 NCIM National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms India 3
43 NFCCI National Fungal Culture Collection of India India 932
44 ABRIICC ABRIICC Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran Culture collection Iran 843
45 IBRC Microorganisms Bank Iranian Biological Resources Iran 950
46 BNSS AGRIS Sardegna Agricoltura Italy 1272
47 CoSMi Collection of Sea Microorganisms Italy 1209
48 DBVPG Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG Italy 180
49 ITEM ITEM - Agro-Food Microbial Culture Collection Italy 1120
50 MBDS-UNICA MicroBiodiverSar Collezione Italy
51 UMCC Unimore Microbial Culture Collection Italy 1079
52 UNISSCC Culture Collection of Università degli Studi di Sassari Italy
53 JCM Japan Collection of Microorganisms Japan 567
54 MAFF NARO Genebank Research Center of Genetic Resources Japan 637
55 NBRC NITE NITE Biological Resource Center Japan 825
56 NRIC NODAI Culture Collection Center Japan 747
57 KACC Korean Agricultural Culture Collection Korea 806
58 KCTC Korean Collection for Type Cultures Korea 597
59 KoCAM Korean Culture collection of Aquatic Microorganism Korea 1234
60 NCCP National Culture Collection for Pathogens Korea 852
61 CDBB Mexican Culture Collection Mexico 500
62 CM-CNRG Collection of Microorganisms of CNRG Mexico 1006
63 CCMM Moroccan Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms Morocco 883
64 CBS Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute Netherlands 133
65 NZRM New Zealand Reference Culture Collection New Zealand 457
66 FMB-CC-UAF Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection University of Agriculture Pakistan 1155
67 PNCM Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms Philippines 620
68 USTCMS University of Santo Tomas Collection of Microbial Strains Philippines 1009
69 CMPA Collection of Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics Poland 780
70 LOCK Centre of Industrial Microorganisms Collection Poland 105
71 PCM Polish Collection of Microorganisms Poland 106
72 ACOI Coimbra Collection of Algae Portugal 906
73 CCP Culture Collection of Porto Portugal 1252
74 MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho Portugal 816
75 UCCCB University of Coimbra Bacteria Culture Collection Portugal 1179
76 CMII Culture Collection of Industrial Importance Microorganisms Romania
77 BCAC Bashkortostan Collection of Algae and Cyanobacteria Russia 1023
78 IBPPM Collection of Rhizosphere Microorganisms Russia 1021
79 IEGM Regional Specialized Collection of Alkanotrophic Microorganisms Russia 768
80 LE-BIN Komarov Botanical Institute Basidiomycetes Culture Collection Russia 1015
81 VKM All Russian Collection of Microorganisms Russia 342
82 VKPM Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms Russia 588
83 CCY Culture Collection of Yeasts Slovakia 333
84 ZPM National Reference Centre - Culture Collection of Pathogenic Microorganisms Slovakia 1154
85 EX EX Culture Collection of extremophilic fungi Slovenia 1028
86 ZIM ZIM Collection of Industrial Microorganisms Slovenia 810
87 ARC-PPRI ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute South Africa 351
88 CMW-IA Culture Collection of Innovation Africa at the University of Pretoria South Africa 1253
89 CECT Coleccion Espanhola de Cultivos Tipo Spain 412
90 CCUG Culture Collection University of Goteborg Sweden 32
91 CCOS Culture Collection of Switzerland Switzerland 944
92 BCRC Bioresource Collection and Research Center Taiwan 59
93 NIDB National Infectious Diseases Bank Taiwan 1285
94 BCC BIOTEC Culture Collection Thailand 783
95 TBRC Thailand Bioresource Research Center Thailand 1090
96 TISTR TISTR Culture Collection Thailand 383
97 CABI CABI Microbial Culture Collection United Kingdom 214
98 CCAP Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa United Kingdom 522
99 ECACC European Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures United Kingdom 137
100 NCIMB National Collections of Industrial Food and Marine Bacteria United Kingdom 653
101 NCPF National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi United Kingdom 184
102 NCPV National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses United Kingdom 814
103 NCTC National Collection of Type Cultures United Kingdom 154
104 ATCC American Type Culture Collection USA 1
105 TMC The Mollicutes Collection University of Florida USA

Sustaining members
  • Belgian Science Policy Office - Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms, BELSPO, Belgium
  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – Fiocruz, FIOTEC, Brazil
  • Biological Resource Center of Institut Pasteur, CRBIP, France

Approved affiliate members
  • Microbiological Resource Banks Universidad de La Frontera, mRB-UFRO, Chile
  • Freshwater Bioresources Culture Collection, NNIBR-FBCC, Korea

Ordinary members
  • Dr. Philippe Desmeth, Belgium
  • Dr. Helvécio Póvoa, Brazil
  • Dr. Juncai Ma, China
  • Dr. Linhuan Wu, China
  • Prof. Ken Suzuki, Japan
  • Dr. Maria Del Carmen Montero Calasanz, Spain
  • Dr. Olga Genilloud, Spain
  • Dr. Ergenc Aydin, Turkey
  • Dr. Kyria Boundy-Mills, USA
  • Dr. Lily Eurwilaichitr, Thailand

Honorary members
  • Prof. Hideaki Sugawara, Japan, since 2008
  • Dr. Vera Bussas, Germany, since 2020
  • Dr. David Smith, United Kingdom, since 2023

Past Presidents of the WFCC
  • Dr. Philippe Desmeth, Belgium
  • David Smith, UK
  • Prof. Jean Swings, Belgium
  • Dr. Lindsay Sly, Australia
  • Dr. Vanderlei Canhos, Brazil
  • Dr. Barbara Kirsop, UK
  • Dr. Dieter Claus, Germany
  • Prof. Stephen Lapage, UK
  • Dr. Takezi Hasegawa, Japan
  • Dr. S. Martin, Canada