- ACAM: Australian Collection of Antarctic Microorganisms (Australia)
- ATCC: American Type Culture Collection (USA)
- BCCM: Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (Belgium)
- CBS: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (Netherlands)
- CCAP: The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (UK)
- CCM: Czech Collection of Microorganisms (Czech Republic)
- CCUG: Culture Collection, University of Göteborg (Sweden)
- CGSC: E.coli Genetic Stock Center (USA)
- CIP: Collection de l'Institut Pasteur (France)
- DBVPG: Industrial Yeasts Collection (Italy)
- DSMZ: German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (Germany)
- JCM: Japan Collection of Microorganisms (Japan)
- KCTC: Korean Collection for Type Cultures (South Korea)
- MUT: Mycotheca Universitatis Taurinensis (Italy)
- NCAIM: Hungarian Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms (Hungary)
- NCCB: The Netherlands Culture Collection of Bacteria (Netherlands)
- NCYC: National Collection of Yeast Cultures (UK)
- NRRL: ARS Culture Collection (USA)
- UKNCC: United Kingdom National Culture Collections (UK)
- VKM: All Russian Collection of Microorganisms (Russia)