The BCCM consoritum wants to be a solution partner for providing services of quality in microbial and genetic resources for academia and industry.

Its mission is to
•acquire, preserve and distribute microbial and genetic resources,
•identify and characterize these biological materials,
•offer customer-oriented services,
•increase the understanding of microorganisms and their function in ecosystems,
•foster the application of biological resources.

The BCCM consortium gathers 7 complementary microbial culture collections that are coordinated by a central at the Belgian Science Policy.

BCCM/DCG

The BCCM/DCG culture collection is part of the BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at Ghent University.
Our collection is specialized in freshwater and marine diatoms but also hosts dedicated collections of commercially interesting other microalgae. Whereas public deposit is free of charge, we also offer safe deposits. The BCCM/DCG culture collection currently holds over 500 cryopreserved and well-documented diatom strains.

Collection Size

500 diatom strains

Collection Coverage

Curation details

McGinley Conservation statuses

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