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Please note that due to our Christmas Break incoming biological material cannot be processed from 16 Dec 2024 to 7 Jan 2025.
We kindly ask you to send deposits of biological material and/or material for identification or analyses no earlier than 8 Jan 2025.
Deposit in the DSMZ
The DSMZ accepts three different kinds of deposition: deposit in the open collection, safe deposit and patent deposit.
Please learn more about the Nagoya Protocol before beginning the deposit process.
Open collection: The biological material is deposited in our public collection, i.e. it is available for other researchers. No accession fee has to be paid. More...
Patent deposit: The biological material is deposited for patent purposes according the Budapest Treaty. The deposit will be recognized internationally. The material and all information concerning it will be handled strictly confidentially. More...
Safe deposit: The biological material is handled strictly confidentially and is available only for the depositor (annual fee to be paid). This kind of deposit is not suitable for patent purposes or scientific purposes like the valid description of type strains. More...