American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
May 5, 2026Collection Website
WDCM Identifier
1
Organizational structure
Private non-profit
Collection Institution/Entity
ATCC
Staff working with the Collection
700
Collection Contact
Victoria Knight-Connoni
Position of Collection contact
Head of Content Development
Collection Email
Collection Phone
(703) 365-2700
Collection can be contacted
Yes
- Has continued institutional support
- Interested in Culture Collections Exchange
- Interested in working with samples from different repositories
- Interested in Collaborative Programs
- Collection contains reference strains
- Ability to accept orphan collections
- Collection contains sequencing data
Collection Category
Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)
Capacity to accept orphan collections
Unlimited
Collection follows best management practice guideline
World Federation for Culture Collections Guidelines (http://www.wfcc.info/guidelines/), ISBER Best Practices for Biorepositories (https://www.isber.org/page/BPR), ATCC produces our cultures following ISO 9001 standards
Organisms in Collection
Fungi, Bacteria, Algae, Yeast, Oomycetes, Viruses, animal and human cell lines
Reference strains in collection
ATCC provides Type strains and QC strains listed in CLSI and Pharmacopeia chapters
Sequencing data in collection
16s, ITS, whole genome, whole exosome
Training opportunities provided by Collection
Culturing and preservation methods (including cryopreservation), Genome sequence analysis
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
Department of Energy (DOE), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Availability and distribution mechanisms
Fee per strain for distribution
Services provided by Collection
Patent deposits, Storage service (safe deposit), Custom material preparation (such as genomic DNA/RNA)
Consultations provided by Collection
Does not provide consultation
Genus in Collection
Species: Bacteria, Quantity: 6480 unique species
Species: Cell Lines, Quantity: 110 unique species
Species: Fungi, Quantity: 7895 unique species
Species: Protists, Quantity: 768 unique species
Species: Viruses, Quantity: 1100 unique species
Host Associations in Collection
Grain crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Other Plants, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Other Animals, Humans, Soil, Water, Built Environment
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture, Cell biology, Culture and preservation methods, Developmental biology, Ecology, Fermentation, Food science, Freeze drying and cryopreservation, General microbiology, Genetics, Immunology, Industrial microbiology, Medical microbiology, Molecular biology, Plant pathology, Starter cultures for foods/beverages, Synthetic biology, Systematics and taxonomy, Veterinary