No, the DSMZ does not sell cultivation media. Detailed information on the cultivation media you need for your strain(s) is available from the strain entry in the online catalogue as well as from our d
Bacterial cell suspensions are dried together with a protectant. The pellet can be rehydrated for initial revitalization whereas phages are dried as suspensions on filter paper strips and require thei
Detailed information on the cultivation media you need for your strain(s) is available from the strain entry in the online catalogue as well as from our database MediaDive. The latter also provides de
Bioresources purchased from DSMZ may not be used for commercial purposes. Exceptions to this are regulated in our General Terms and Conditions (§10 para. 4). Please use our contact form to address you
If you are looking for strains with special properties, e.g. antibiotic resistance or metabolites, please use the advanced search of our BacDive database.
All information we have on a strain can be found in the databases of the DSMZ Digital Diversity platform. To facilitate access to relevant strain information, there is a direct link to associated data
The forms of delivery are indicated for every individual strain in the respective strain entry in our online catalogue. In case a strain is not available in freeze-dried form, it will be sent as an ac
The history of a strain (as far as known to the DSMZ) can be found in our online catalogue in the individual strain entries. The information is given in chronological order, with the most recent holde
All entries in our online catalogue indicate the cultivation conditions used by the DSMZ. These include both the medium and temperature used in the DSMZ for cultivating the strain. We recommend that o
