1. Collection
Registered Number 174
Acronym CNCM
Full Name Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes
Institution Institut Pasteur
2. Correspondent
Correspondent Georges Wagener
Postal Address 25 rue du Docteur Roux,Paris,,F-75724 Cedex 15
Country France
Telephone 1 (33) 1-45688250
Fax 1 (33) 1-45688236
E-mail 1 gwagener@pasteur.fr
3. Status of the collection
Status Governmental
5. Personnel
Director Georges Wagener
Curator Jean-Francois Bureau(Cell cultures)
Simona Ozden(Viruses)
Georges Wagener(Bacteria)
Number of Staff Bacteriology(2)
Cell biology(2)
Virology(1)
Assistants(1)
6. Main Subjects
Subjects Applied microbiology
Culture and preservation methods
7. Preservation
Method and category of cultures Freezer(all categories)
Liquid N2(all categories)
Control of the culture viability evaluation
purity control by electrophoretic analyses of total sub-cultures against sub-clones identification
Number of Strains Strain Name total country
Bacteria 2028 1538
Fungi 198 102
Yeasts 189 157
Cell lines: animal 287 141
Hybridomas: animal 510 307
Viruses: animal 215 109
Viruses: bacteria 59 32
8. Availability of Cultures
Availability In accordance with the requirements referred to in the Budapest Treaty or in the relevant bilateral Agreements for deposit
9. Catalogue
10. Services
Services Patent deposits(Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi, Animal cell lines, Hybridomas, Animal and bacterial viruses)
Storage services(Bacteria)
Distribution(Strains from other collections of the Institute)
Consulation about Patent deposits
Preservation
Other Service Safe deposits : bacteria
11. Entry and Update Dates
Date of Entry 1981-10-26
Date of Reply 2004-11-24
12. Strains
bact fungi yeasts