Prof. Liu Zhiheng
    China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center is a non-profit organization financed by the Chinese Government. It was founded in 1979 as the central culture collection in the cooperative network of various collections in China. The origins of the CGMCC go back to 1952. Since 1958, it has been a department of Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1985 the CGMCC was entrusted by Patent Bureau of China for preserving the microorganisms for the purposes of patent procedure and acquired status under Budapest Treaty as an International Depositary Authority in 1995. 
 
 
   The CGMCC is dedicated to the acquisition, characterization and identification, preservation and distribution of bacteria, yeasts and fungi. It has, at present, more than 3600 bacteria, 6000 fungi, 2000 yeasts and 400 patent cultures. Only biological cultures of risk group 1 and 2 can be accepted. 

   The main functions of the CGMCC are: 
   1.to collect, preserve and administrate authentic cultures of  microorganisms 
   2.to supply CGMCC cultures to scientists , industrial, agricultural and educational institutions 
   3.to provide information on microorganisms in the collection by the means of catalogue published or by data base 
   4.to act as a center for the safe deposit of biological material for patent purpose under national law and the Budapest Treaty 
   5.to provide a valuable service for the identification of 
 microorganisms 

   The research focussed on collection includes microbial taxonomy and development of preservation methods for biological material. The CGMCC cooperates with other national or international research groups in the fields of characterization and identification of microorganisms. There are co-operations with other culture collections and with other relevant international bodies such as WFCC, WDCM. 

Correspondence address: 
China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center(CGMCC) 
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
Haidian, Beijing 100080, P.O.Box 2714 
Tel: 86-10-62555614 
Fax: 86-10-62560912 
E-mail:cgmcc@sun.im.ac.cn 

 
Preservation of microorganisms in Liquid nitrogen
Inoculation for microorganisms