USDA-ARS Culture Collection (NRRL)
January 31, 2022Collection Website
Organizational structure
Government Agency
Collection Institution/Entity
USDA-ARS
Staff working with the Collection
5
Collection Contact
Kirk Broders
Position of Collection contact
Curator
Collection Email
Collection Phone
309-681-6397
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 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
We have the capacity to accession 300 orphaned strains per year. This would be on top of our normal accession rate.
Collection follows best management practice guideline
We have internally approved Standard Operating Procedures that are reviewed by fellow USDA scientists
Organisms in Collection
Fungi, Bacteria, Yeast, Oomycetes
Training opportunities provided by Collection
Culture Collection management (e.g. quality control procedures, databases, etc., Culturing and preservation methods (including cryopreservation)
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
No charge for distribution (shipping may be charged)
Services provided by Collection
Patent deposits
Consultations provided by Collection
Patent deposits, Preservation, Propagation, Shipment regulations
Host Associations in Collection
Grain crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Other Animals, Humans, Soil, Water, Built Environment
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture, Fermentation, Food science, General microbiology, Genetics, Industrial microbiology, Molecular biology, Systematics and taxonomy