International Culture collections TABLE 12.1 Culture collections that supply cultures of industrial microorganisms" Abbreviation Name Location ATCC American Type Culture Collection Rockville, MD, United States Centraalbureau voor Schimmelculturen aarn. The Netherlands CCM Czechoslovak Collection of Microorganisms J. E Purkyne University, Brno, Czech Republic CDDA Canadian Department of Agriculture Ottawa, Canada CMI Commonwealth Mycological Institute Kew, United Kingdom Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH Braunschweig, Germany FAT Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University Tokyo, Japan IAM Institute of Applied Microbiology University of Tokyo, Japan NCIB National Collection of Industrial Bacteria Aberdeen scotland NCTC National Collection of Type Cultures London, United Kingdom Northern Regional Research Laboratory Peoria, IL, United States PCC Pasteur Culture Collection Paris, france "Listed here are just a few of the general culture collections. Many universities and research laboratories maintain collections of specific microbial groups. Domestically, strains can be purchased from: CGMCC or China general microbiological culture collection center 中国微生物菌种保藏管理委员会普通微生物中心,北京中关村International Culture Collections Domestically, strains can be purchased from: CGMCC or China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center 中国微生物菌种保藏管理委员会普通微生物中心，北京中关村