Zea mays Microbial Collection (ZeaMiC)
April 27, 2026Collection Website
https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/microorganisms/microbiota/zeamic
Organizational structure
Academia
Collection Institution/Entity
Strains are held with the Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH.
Staff working with the Collection
12
Collection Contact
Manuel Kleiner
Position of Collection contact
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
Collection Email
Collection Phone
919-515-3792
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 sequencing data
- 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)
Collection follows best management practice guideline
Organisms in Collection
Bacteria
Sequencing data in collection
Whole Genome Sequencing
Training opportunities provided by Collection
Does not provide training
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Availability and distribution mechanisms
Fee per strain for distribution
Services provided by Collection
Not applicable
Consultations provided by Collection
Does not provide consultation
Genus in Collection
Host Associations in Collection
Grain crops
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture
Species in Collection.
Name (Genus & Species)
Number of strains
Isolation Date
Isolated from
Geographic origin: Country
Geographic origin: Region/State
Achromobacter animicus
3
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Agrobacterium fabacearum
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Arthrobacter sp.
1
Isolated from maize roots after growth in soils (50% field capacity) from Cape Verde (San Domingos)
San Domingos
Cape Verde
Bacillus nitratireducens
1
Isolated from roots of maize grown in a greenhouse in pots containing field soil from Changins; Isolation described in Thoenen et al. 2023, PNAS
Switzerland
Changins
Bradyrhizobium centrosematis
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Brevibacillus agri
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in agricultural soil
USA
Michigan
Brucella pituitosa
1
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts
Burkholderia ambifaria
6
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Burkholderia cepacia
2
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Burkholderia orbicola
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Burkholderia vietnamensis
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Cellulomonas sp.
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Chitinophaga sp.
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Chryseobacterium sp.
2
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Chryseobacterium indologenes
1
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts
Curtobacterium pusillum
1
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts
Deinococcus sp.
1
Isolated from roots of maize grown in a greenhouse in pots containing field soil from Changins; Isolation described in Thoenen et al. 2023, PNAS
Switzerland
Changins
Dyella marensis
2
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Enterobacter ludwigii
6
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts, Kansas, Michigan
Flavobacterium johnsoniae
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in agricultural soil
USA
Michigan
Franconibacter pulveris
1
Isolated from maize roots after growth in soils (50% field capacity) from Cape Verde (San Domingos)
San Domingos
Cape Verde
Herbaspirillum robiniae
1
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts
Intrasporangium sp.
3
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Kocuria marina
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Labrys sp.
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Leifsonia sp.
3
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Luteibacter sp.
4
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Mesorhizobium sp.
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Methylobacterium brachiatum
1
Isolated from maize roots after growth in soils (50% field capacity) from the United Kingdom (Sutton Bonington)
UK
Sutton Bonington
Microbacterium saccharophilum
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Microbacterium sp.
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Nocardioides sp.
1
Isolated from roots of maize grown in a greenhouse in pots containing field soil from Changins; Isolation described in Thoenen et al. 2023, PNAS
Switzerland
Changins
Paenarthrobacter sp.
2
Isolated from maize roots after growth in soils (50% field capacity) from Cape Verde (Tarrafal)
Tarrafal
Cape Verde
Pantoea sp.
1
Isolated from maize roots after growth in soils (50% field capacity) from Cape Verde (San Domingos)
San Domingos
Cape Verde
Paraburkholderia caledonica
2
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Paraburkholderia caribensis
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Paraburkholderia terricola
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Peribacillus sp.
1
Isolated from roots of maize grown in a greenhouse in pots containing field soil from Changins; Isolation described in Thoenen et al. 2023, PNAS
Switzerland
Changins
Pseudomonas koreensis
4
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie/Agricultural soil
USA
Kansas, Michigan
Pseudomonas putida
1
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts
Rahnella aceris
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in agricultural soil
USA
Michigan
Rhizobium lusitanum
3
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts
Rhizobium sp.
5
Maize root grown in field soil & Isolated from roots of maize grown in a greenhouse in pots containing field soil from Changins; Isolation described in Thoenen et al. 2023, PNAS
USA, Switzerland
Kansas, Changins
Rhodococcus fascians
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in agricultural soil
USA
Michigan
Roseatales sp.
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in agricultural soil
USA
Michigan
Sinomonas sp.
1
Isolated from maize roots after growth in soils (50% field capacity) from Cape Verde (Tarrafal)
Tarrafal
Cape Verde
Sphingobium sp.
1
Isolated from roots of maize grown in a greenhouse in pots containing field soil from Changins; Isolation described in Thoenen et al. 2023, PNAS
Switzerland
Changins
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
1
Maize root grown in field soil
USA
Massachusetts
Stenotrophomonas rhizophila
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in agricultural soil
USA
Michigan
Streptomyces sp.
1
Isolated from roots of maize grown in a greenhouse in pots containing field soil from Changins; Isolation described in Thoenen et al. 2023, PNAS
Switzerland
Changins
Telluria cellulosilytica
2
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Trinickia sp.
1
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas
Variovorax sp.
2
Surface sterilized maize root grown in prairie soil
USA
Kansas