Microbe Division (JCM) (RIKEN BRC)

Urgent announcement:

Due to the war in Ukraine, shipping of microbial resources to Europe is disturbed. There may happen some delay of delivery than usual. We will carefully schedule each shipping by checking posting services and will communicate with the recipient.
Thank you very much in advance for your understanding and cooperation.

We sincerely hope that peace comes back soon.

Revision of Distribution Fees for Bioresources in RIKEN BRC

Notice: Scheduled Network Maintenance: 12:00 – 13:25 on Mar. 23 (Mon), 2026 (JST)

Notice of periodic maintenance

What’s New
Revision of Distribution Fees for Bioresources in RIKEN BRC (2026/02/10).
Exploring the diversity and metabolic potential of CO2-fixation mediated by RubisCO in prokaryotes in the Japan Collection of Microorganisms (2026/01/20).
Chromosome-resolved genome assemblies of Rhodotorula toruloides reveal abnormal chromosomal evolution under artificial culture conditions (2026/01/08).
JCM Mail News delivered (2025/12/24).
Dr. Atsushi Hisatomi received Young Scientist Award (2025/11/18).
Training for the isolation, cultivation, and classification of gut bacteria (2025/11/12). Closed.
Methane- and hydrogen-dependent prokaryotic deep biosphere at the Suwa Basin, Japan: impacts of hydrogeological processes on subsurface prokaryotic ecology at the boundary between the North American and the Eurasian Plates (2025/10/01).
Dr. Mitsuo Sakamoto received Japan Society for Microbial Resources and Systematics Award (2025/10/01).
Dr. Shingo Kato received Encouragement Award, Dr. Arisa Nishihara received Young Scientist Award, and Dr. Kazuki Takahashi received Poster Award (2025/09/18).
	News Archives

Strain & Catalogue
JCM On-line Catalogue of Strains.
New JCM strains catalogued for the past one year.
JCM Strains in Publications.
Lists of JCM strains.
JCM BLAST Search. Updated (2025/10/21)
Resource News.
Genome sequencing of JCM strains under the GCM 10K type strain sequencing project.
MALDI-TOF MS reference library of various microbial strains under the NBRP Program.
Yeast strains with specific characteristics.
Technical tips for cultivation of archaea and extremophiles.

Order & Deposit
Prepayment of distribution fees.
Distribution of microbial genomic DNA.
Distribution of strains controlled by the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law of Japan.
Certificate of deposition and availability.

Commitment
National BioResource Project (NBRP).
Quality Control and Dissemination of Relevant Information on Bioresources.

JCM accession number
JCM:

Example: JCM = 12345 (Exact match search)

Scientific name 1
Genus: Species:

Example 1: Genus = Micromonospora Example 2: Species = aurantiaca Example 3: Genus = %monospo, Species = %ensis (Prefix match search at each box. Inside match or suffix match search can be performed by using "%" as a wild-card character like Example 3. Case-insensitive)

Scientific name 2
Scientific name:

Example 1: Scientific name = Micromonospora chalcea Example 2: Scientific name = Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei (Prefix match search. Inside match or suffix match search can be performed by using "%" as a wild-card character. Case-insensitive)

Culture medium
JCM Medium No.: Name of Medium:

Example 1: JCM Medium No. = 58 Example 2: Name of Medium = malt extract (Exact match search for "JCM Medium No." and inside match search for "Name of Medium". Case-insensitive)

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