5. Personnel
| Director |
Jörg Overmann |
| Curator |
Hans Drexler(Human and animal cell cultures) |
| Dagmar Fritze(Project coordination) |
| Stefan Spring(Archaea, gliding bacteria, spirochetes, sulfate reducing bacteria, anaerobic endospore-forming bact.) |
| Peter Hoffmann(Fungi, including yeasts; identification) |
| Manfred Kracht(Computer specialist, databases) |
| Hans-Peter Klenk(Actinomycetales, genome based taxonomy) |
| Elke Lang(Gram negative bacteria, Degradation strains) |
| Ruediger Pukall(Gram positive bacteria) |
| Christine Rohde(Plasmids, mutants, phages) |
| Heinz Martin Schumacher(Plant cell cultures) |
| Cathrin Sproer(Molecular systematics) |
| Brian J. Tindall(Halophilic and thermophilic bacteria, phototrophic and diazotrophic bacteria) |
| Vera Weihs(Patent biological material) |
| Stephan Winter(Plant viruses, antisera, monoclonal antibodies) |
| Sabine Gronow(Medical microbiology) |
| Number of Staff |
Bacteriology(11)
Mycology(1)
Cell biology(13)
Computer specialist(3)
Virology(3)
Assistants(39)
Public relations(2)
Administration/secretariat(16) |
7. Preservation
| Method and category of cultures |
Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi, Plasmids) |
| L-drying(Bacteria) |
| Liquid N2(Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Plasmids, Cell lines: animal) |
| Subculturing(Fungi, Cell lines: plant) |
| Control of the culture |
Plant cell lines: Check for bacterial and fungal contamination |
| Plant cell lines: Identity checks by secondary metabolite fingerprints |
| Plant cell lines: Identity checks by DNA fingerprints |
| Microorganisms: Check for viability, identity, purity, sequence analysis |
| Human and Animal cell lines: Check for viability , growth and identification |
| Human and Animal cell lines: Tests for detection of mycoplasma |
| Human and Animal cell lines: Tests for detection of viral contamination |
| Human and Animal cell lines: Isoenzyme analysis for the determination |
| Plant viruses: Identification using specific antisera |
| Number of Strains |
Strain Name |
total |
country |
| Bacteria |
17600 |
0 |
| Fungi |
2000 |
0 |
| Yeasts |
500 |
0 |
| Plasmids |
300 |
0 |
| Cell lines: animal |
500 |
0 |
| Cell lines: plants |
770 |
0 |
| Hybridomas: animal |
170 |
0 |
| Viruses: plants |
600 |
0 |
| Viruses: Bacteria |
150 |
0 |
| Archaea |
400 |
0 |
| Viruses: bacteria |
90 |
0 |
| Patent and safe deposits |
8000 |
0 |
| Deposit |
Mainly to our collection |
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from |
Isolation by ourselves |
| From the collections in our country |
10. Services
| Services |
Patent deposits(Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Cell lines, Plant viruses, Bacteriophages) |
| Storage services(Safe deposits of Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Cell lines, Plant viruses, Bacteriophages) |
| Distribution(Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Cell lines, Plant viruses, Bacteriophages) |
| Identification(Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Cell lines, Plant viruses) |
| Training |
Management of a culture collection |
| Culture and preservation methods |
| Use of computers in culture collections |
| Identification |
| Chemotaxonomy |
| Molecular systematics |
| Molecular ecology |
| Consulation about |
Patent deposits |
| Preservation |
| Shipment regulations |
| Isolation |
| Identification |
| Chemotaxonomy |