1. Collection
Registered Number 1
Acronym ATCC
Full Name American Type Culture Collection
2. Correspondent
Correspondent Raymond H. Cypess
Postal Address 10801 University Boulevard,Manassas,VA,20110-2209
Country U.S.A.
Telephone 1 (1) 703-365-2700
Telephone 2 (1) 703-365-2742
Fax 1 (1) 703-365-2701
Fax 2 (1) 703-365-2730
E-mail 1 rcypess@atcc.org
E-mail 2 sjong@atcc.org
Homepage http://www.atcc.org/
3. Status of the collection
Status Professional Societies
Governmental
Semi-governmental
Private
University
Industry
4. Sponsors and budget
Sponsor NIH
NSF
5. Personnel
Director Raymond H. (President/CEO) Cypess
Curator J. George(CEO)
S.-C. Jong(Mycology and Botany)
Thomas A. Nerad(Protistology)
Charles Buck(Animal Virus)
Robert J Hay(Cell culture)
Jane Tang(Bacteriology)
Yvonne Reid(Cell culture)
Ukkubandage Gunasinghe(Plant virus)
Yimin Wu(Parasitology)
Number of Staff Bacteriology(16)
Mycology(11)
Virology(6)
Cell culture(32)
Protistology(8)
Molecular Biology(12)
Others(140)
6. Main Subjects
Subjects Agriculture
Genetics
Applied microbiology
Immunology
Cell biology
Industrial microbiology
Culture and preservation methods
Freeze drying
Medical microbiology
Molecular biology
Plant pathology
General microbiology
Systematics and taxonomy
Veterinary
Applied microbiology
Culture and preservation methods
Developmental biology
Ecology
Fermentation
Food science
7. Preservation
Number of Strains Strain Name total country
Algae 111 0
Bacteriology: bacteria & bacteriophages 16865 0
Cell Biology: Cell lines & hybridomas 4300 0
Molecular Biology: Recombinant DNA MATERIAL 0 0
Mycology & Botany: Filamentous fungi & yeasts 46000 0
Plant tissue 79 0
Seeds 600 0
Protistology: Protozoa 1800 0
Virology: Animal viruses, chlamydiae, rickettsiae & antisera 2189 0
Plant viruses & antisera 1563 0
8. Availability of Cultures
Availability Exchange
Fee
9. Catalogue
Catalogue Updated weekly
Catalogue Computerized http://www.atcc.org/
10. Services
Services Patent deposits
Storage services
Distribution
Identification(Bacteria Fungi Yeasts Cell lines)
Training Management of a culture collection
Culture and preservation methods
Quality control
Genetic engineering
Karyotyping
Use of computer in culture collections
Cytogenetics
Diagnostic virology
Fermentation
Hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies
Medical mycology
Consulation about Patent deposits
Preservation
Propagation
Shipment regulations
Animal quarantine
Plant quarantine
11. Entry and Update Dates
Date of Entry 1981-10-14
Date of Reply 2001-05-08
12. Strains
bact fungi