Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms

BCCM
Founded1983
FounderBelgian Science Policy (Belspo)
TypeNon-profit organization, Biological Resource Center
FocusTo be a solution partner for providing services of quality in microbial and genetic resources for academia and industry
Location
  • Decentralized structure, Coordination Cell in Brussels, Belgium
ServicesBiological Resource Centre
* bacteria
* yeasts and fungi
* plasmids
* diatoms

The Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM) is a Belgian government funded consortium of seven scientific institutions, who manage and exploit a collection of microbial and genetic resources. The consortium comprises more than 269,000 publicly available strains of bacteria including mycobacteria and cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, yeasts, diatoms and plasmids.

BCCM is embedded in international initiatives such as the World Federation of Culture Collections (WFCC) and operates in compliance with the rules of the Nagoya Protocol.

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