Microorganism pillar

CIRM - International Microbial Resources Centre

CIRM was founded in 2004 by INRAE's Microbiology and Food Chain department (MICA) to preserve and promote its collections of micro-organisms. It groups together 5 microbiological resource centres (CRB) specialising in the conservation, distribution and characterisation of 15,000 pure strains of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, yeasts) of interest to agronomic and environmental research.

• CIRM-BIA: Bacteria of food interest  (STLO, INRAE)
• CIRM-BP: Pathogenic bacteria of animals and humans (ISP, INRAE)
• CIRM-CF: Filamentous fungi of agro-industrial interest (BBF, INRAE)
• CIRM-CFBP: Bacteria associated with plants   (IRHS, INRAE)
• CIRM-Levures: Yeasts of technological interest  (SPO, INRAE)

CIRM web portal

CRBIP - BRC of Pasteur Institute 

• BRC CIP: The Institut Pasteur Collection holds bacteria, yeasts, moulds and a collection of viruses and bacteriophages that is currently being integrated. Its mission is to maintain, enrich and disseminate its collection of micro-organisms and associated data for quality control, teaching and research.
• BRC PCC: The Institut Pasteur's Cyanobacteria Collection maintains 800 diversified strains of pure and monoclonal cyanobacteria, 537 of which are in the living state and the rest in cryoconservation. The diversity of these strains constitutes a reference in terms of the taxonomy of the cyanobacteria phylum, and makes it possible to reconstruct their evolution.. 
• BRC CHIP: Institut Pasteur microbiome collections..

CRBIP webportal

BRC FAN: (Fungi, Agri-food, eNvironment) of the LUBEM unit of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale: The CRB FAN preserves and distributes yeasts and molds from a variety of environments (processed and unprocessed food products, fields, marine environment, etc.).

CRB SAMBO: SAMBO is the biobank of MetaGenoPolis, an INRAE research unit dedicated to human and animal microbiota research. SAMBO offers large-scale solutions for the collection, storage and management of samples (faeces and DNA), with a storage capacity of 600,000 samples.