MSCL bacteria collection
Acetivibrio thermocellus – Produces endoglucanase (cellulase) and restriction endonucleases CthI, CthII. < DSM 1237 < NCIB < G. Hobbs, Torry Research Station, Aberdeen, U.K. < R. H. McBee, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, USA. ATCC 27405. Type culture – MSCL 1003
Acetobacter aceti subsp. aceti – < DSM 2002 < LBG, B 4114 < NCIB < T. K. Walker < A. J. Kluyver – MSCL 304
Acetobacter sp. – Riga, 1999, sea rice (beverage) – MSCL 561
Achromobacter marplatensis – Riga, 1995, garden soil – MSCL 440
Acinetobacter baumannii – Riga, 1999, spoiled lemonade – MSCL 562
Acinetobacter johnsonii – Riga, 2000, Riga water supply biofilm – MSCL 628
Actinomyces israelii – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 750
Actinomyces naeslundii – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (–) – MSCL 755
Actinomyces naeslundii – Riga, 2008, root canal – MSCL 826
Actinomyces sp. – Riga, 2011, sapropel of Lake Padēļu – MSCL 1158
Actinomyces viscosus – Riga, 2008, root canal – MSCL 816, MSCL 821
Aerococcus urinae – Riga, 2008, root canal – MSCL 812
Aeromonas hydrophila – Issued with depositor’s permission. Used for vaccine production. Pathogenic to fish – MSCL 218
Aeromonas hydrophila – Clinical isolate. ATCC 49140. For quality control – MSCL 772
Agrobacterium radiobacter – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 90
Agrobacterium radiobacter – Derivative of A. tumefaciens A281 plasmid pTiBo542 with T-DNA deletion. For transformation of plant species. Hypervirulent, L,L-succinamopine helper strain. Received from INRA, France – MSCL 1612
Akkermansia muciniphila – Netherlands, 2002, human intestinal tract (feces). Degrades mucin. < DSM 22959. ATCC BAA-835. Type culture – MSCL 1582
Actinobacteria – Riga, 2009, endophyte of rhododendron ‘Lavanda’ leaf – MSCL 852
Actinobacteria – Riga, 2013, air flushed with N₂ – MSCL 1376
Actinobacteria – Riga, 2024, soil from LU Botanical Garden grassland experiment – MSCL 1740–1743, 1745–1749
Actinobacteria – Riga, 2024, fertilizer preparation – MSCL 1744, 1763, 1764
Actinobacteria – Ukru grove, 2025, healthy oak, root zone – MSCL 1765
Actinobacteria – Ukru grove, 2025, young ash trees, root zone – MSCL 1766
Actinobacteria – Ukru grove, 2025, fallen oak, root zone – MSCL 1767–1769, 1771
Actinobacteria – Latvia, 2025 – MSCL 1772
Actinobacteria – Latvia, peat, 2025 – MSCL 1773–1774, 1780–1781
Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus – Riga, 2010, pond sludge (heated 80°C, 30 min) – MSCL 1018
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (–) – MSCL 767
Arthrobacter globiformis – Produces coproporphyrin III. Type culture – MSCL 856
Arthrobacter luteus – Produces restriction enzyme AluI – MSCL 219
Arthrobacter sp. – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 143
Arthrobotrys sp. – Riga, 1997, fungal culture contaminant – MSCL 513
Association – Riga, 2010, detergent – MSCL 985–987
Association (bacteria, fungi) – Riga, 2010, Inčukalns tar ponds – MSCL 927
Association (bacteria) – Oil-contaminated soil, petroleum degraders – MSCL 204, 311
Azotobacter sp. – GFP-transformed, ampicillin-resistant – MSCL 1455
Azotobacter sp. – Riga, 1996, soil – MSCL 463
Azotobacter vinelandii – Nitrogen-fixing. Type culture – MSCL 1517
Azotobacter vinelandii – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 297
Bacillus altitudinis – Riga, 2009, endophyte of rhododendron leaf – MSCL 904
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1627
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme BamHI – MSCL 220
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1635
Bacillus cereus – MSCL 7, 17, 20, 55
Bacillus cereus – Riga, 2015, clogged biodiesel fuel filter – MSCL 1492
Bacillus cereus – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 127
Bacillus cereus – Riga, 2010, lake sludge – MSCL 1009
Bacillus licheniformis – MSCL 9, 10, 137
Bacillus licheniformis – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (–) – MSCL 754
Bacillus licheniformis – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 784
Bacillus licheniformis – Riga, 2014, cow manure with peat from Viesīte heated at 70°C – MSCL 1442
Bacillus licheniformis – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1637
Bacillus licheniformis – Riga, 2010, organic farm soil in Ranka (“Ķelmēni”) – MSCL 1005
Bacillus licheniformis – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 123, 161
Bacillus paranthracis – Used as a standard culture in various testing methods. Received in Latvia in 1995 from the Institute for Standardization and Control of Medical Biological Preparations, Moscow, Russia. ATCC 10702, NCTC 8035 – MSCL 330, 380
Bacillus pumilus – MSCL 5, 8, 26
Bacillus pumilus – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1636
Bacillus pumilus – Riga, 2010, lake sludge – MSCL 1008
Bacillus pumilus – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 776
Bacillus pumilus – Riga, 2008, aspen micropropagation culture – MSCL 809
Bacillus pumilus – Riga, 1961, cabbage roots. Plant growth stimulator – MSCL 154
Bacillus pumilus – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 173
Bacillus pumilus – Riga, 2009, endophyte of rhododendron leaf – MSCL 905
Bacillus sp. – MSCL 11
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 1998, Enterobacterin preparation – MSCL 373
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 2017, bacterial culture contaminant. Inhibits S. epidermidis growth – MSCL 1524
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 2024, microbiological fertilizer. Antifungal activity against Trichoderma sp. – MSCL 1717
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 1990s, oil-contaminated water in Inčukalns. Issued with depositor’s permission. Utilizes petroleum products – MSCL 371
Bacillus sp. – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 305, 308
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 2016, biodiesel fuel filter – MSCL 1505
Bacillus sp. – Latvia. Utilizes petroleum products – MSCL 494, 495, 496
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 2016, biodiesel fuel filter – MSCL 1506
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 2010, isolated from 987 – MSCL 991
Bacillus sp. – Cabbage root rhizosphere, Latvia. Stimulates vegetable development – MSCL 209
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 2010, lake sludge – MSCL 1010
Bacillus sp. – Latvia soil. Degrades cellulose – MSCL 338
Bacillus sp. – Depositor’s wastewater treatment reactor – MSCL 1430
Bacillus sp. – Riga, 2010, isolated from 985 – MSCL 988, 989, 990
Bacillus spizizenii – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 125, 135
Bacillus spizizenii – Used as a standard culture in various testing methods. Received in Latvia in 1995 from the Institute for Standardization and Control of Medical Biological Preparations, Moscow, Russia. ATCC 6633 – MSCL 329, 382
Bacillus spp. – Antagonism against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae – MSCL 1004
Bacillus stercoris – Riga, 2009, detergent – MSCL 897
Bacillus subtilis – MSCL 12, 14, 23
Bacillus subtilis – Riga, 2009, detergent – MSCL 898
Bacillus subtilis – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 216
Bacillus subtilis – MSCL 49
Bacillus subtilis – Riga, 2009, rhododendron cell culture – MSCL 843
Bacillus subtilis – Riga, 2018, paint – MSCL 1561
Bacillus subtilis – Riga, 2014, lupine soil in Pilsrundāle parish – MSCL 1441
Bacillus subtilis – Riga, 2015, soil in Bērze parish – MSCL 1491
Bacillus subtilis – Riga, 2018, depositor’s experimental preparation – MSCL 1585
Bacillus subtilis – Riga, 2019, soil – MSCL 1614
Bacillus subtilis – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1633
Bacillus subtilis – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 168
Bacillus subtilis – Hay. Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 625
Bacillus subtilis – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 160, 171
Bacillus thuringiensis – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 15, 27
Bacillus thuringiensis – Riga, 2010, lake sludge – MSCL 1007
Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis – DSM 5724, commercial B.t. israelensis product – MSCL 1819
Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1702
Bacteroides caccae – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 770
Bacteroides eggerthii – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (–) – MSCL 787
Bacteroides ovatus – Riga, 2009, root canal – MSCL 841
Bacterium – Epiphyte, Latvia – MSCL 130, 138, 145, 149, 151, 152, 163, 164, 167, 178
Bacterial association – Riga, 2010, 3 m deep borehole at Tvaika Street 68 – MSCL 932–934
Bacterial association – Riga, 2010, 0.5–3 m deep borehole at Tvaika Street 68 – MSCL 935–937
Bacterial association – Biogas fermentation liquid, Latvia, 2012 – MSCL 1178
Bacterial association – Riga, 1990s, tar-contaminated water in Inčukalns. Petroleum degraders – MSCL 457, 591–617
Bacteriophage F2 – MSCL 1077
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis – MSCL 939
Borrelia afzelii – Sion, Switzerland, tick Ixodes ricinus, Lyme disease – MSCL 1478
Borrelia burgdorferi – New York, Shelter Island, USA, tick (Ixodes dammini), Lyme disease – MSCL 1443
Borrelia garinii – France, tick Ixodes ricinus, Lyme disease – MSCL 1477
Bradyrhizobium lupini – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 292, 298, 790
Bradyrhizobium lupini – Effective on lupines (Lupinus sp.) – MSCL 1519
Bradyrhizobium japonicum – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 165
Bradyrhizobium japonicum – Effective on soybean (Glycine hispida) – MSCL 1520
Brenneria goodwinii – UK, oak (Quercus robur) acute decline – MSCL 1788, 1789
Brevibacillus brevis – MSCL 13
Brevibacillus brevis – Riga, 2008, aspen micropropagation culture – MSCL 808
Brevibacillus brevis – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 140, 142, 153, 162
Brevibacillus laterosporus – MSCL 16
Brevundimonas diminuta – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 158
Brevundimonas vesicularis – Riga, 2000, Riga water supply biofilm – MSCL 627
Burkholderia cepacia – Riga, 2018, experimental fertilizer – MSCL 1542
Burkholderia cepacia – Riga, 1997, water pipe biofilm – MSCL 491
Burkholderia cepacia – Riga, 2000, water supply biofilm – MSCL 626
Burkholderia cepacia – Riga, 1997, soil. Solubilizes phosphates – MSCL 711, 716
Burkholderia cepacia – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1171
Campylobacter gracilis – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (–) – MSCL 756
Capnocytophaga sp. – Riga, 2011, sapropel of Lake Padēļu – MSCL 1159
Cedecea davisae – Riga, 2021, apple tree leaves from Pociems, Katvari parish, Limbaži municipality – MSCL 1640
Cedecea neteri – Riga, 2002, spoiled beer from Cēsis brewery – MSCL 663
Cereibacter sphaeroides – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme RshI – MSCL 243
Chryseobacterium indologenes – Riga, 2009, endophyte of rhododendron leaf – MSCL 854
Chromobacterium sphagni – Riga, 2020, Cenas bog sphagnum peat, 3–6 cm depth – MSCL 1620
Citrobacter koseri – Riga, 2015, human leg ulcer – MSCL 1472
Clostridium butyricum – Riga, 2010, sludge from Madona city pond, treated at 80°C for 30 min – MSCL 1019
Clostridium paraputrificum – Riga, 2012, Ķemeri sludge – MSCL 1177
Clostridium perfringens – UK, bovine. For quality control, water analysis, and other tests. Type A, alpha-toxigenic. ATCC 13124, WDCM 00007. Type culture – MSCL 589
Clostridium perfringens – Riga, 2012, soil near a gas pipeline – MSCL 1308
Clostridium ramosum – Riga, 2012, silage – MSCL 1276
Clostridium sp. – Riga, 2012, sapropel of Lake Vēveru, from 4.4–4.5 m depth – MSCL 1274
Clostridium sp. – MSCL 192
Clostridium sporogenes – Human, acute case of gas gangrene. For quality control and standard methods. ATCC 19404 < NCTC < M. Robertson. WDCM 00008 – MSCL 764
Corynebacterium diphtheriae – Riga, clinical material. Toxigenic strain – MSCL 316
Corynebacterium genitalium – Riga, 2009, rhododendron cell culture – MSCL 846
Corynebacterium glutamicum – Issued with depositor’s permission. 38 strains – MSCL
Corynebacterium propinquum – Riga, 2014, aspen micropropagation culture – MSCL 1417
Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum – Riga, 1949, clinical material – MSCL 318
Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 128
Corynebacterium sp. – Riga, 1997, soil. Solubilizes phosphates – MSCL 712
Corynebacterium sp. – Riga, 2014, aspen micropropagation culture – MSCL 1420
Corynebacterium vitaeruminis – Lake Kaņieris near Ķemeri, 1972, sapropel sludge. L-valine producer – MSCL 207
Curtobacterium pusillum – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 147
Curtobacterium pusillum – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 146
Curtobacterium sp. – MSCL 523
Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes – Acne lesion on human facial skin. < DSM < ATCC 6919 < NCTC 737 < A. Hayden (Corynebacterium acnes). Type culture – MSCL 1521
Cutibacterium avidum – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 783
Cutibacterium granulosum – Culture contaminant. < DSM 20700 < ATCC 25564 < W. E. C. Moore; VPI 0507. Type culture – MSCL 1522
Deinococcus radiodurans – Irradiated ground pork and beef. Extremophile. Radiation-resistant; withstands 6.0 Mrad. Produces restriction endonuclease MraI. < DSM 20539 < CCM < R.G.E. Murray < A.W. Anderson, R1. ATCC 13939. Type culture – MSCL 1617
Desulfomicrobium baculatum – Germany, near Braunschweig. Forest pond. < DSM < H. Biebl and N. Pfennig, 5174 – MSCL 701
Dickeya chrysanthemi – KĶI < Ukraine, IMV – D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology – MSCL 653
Diesel fuel association (bacteria) – Riga, 2010. Grows in diesel fuel, 5 ml / 200 ml – MSCL 973
Diesel fuel association (bacteria) – Riga, 2010, diesel fuel. Grows in diesel fuel, 5 ml / 200 ml – MSCL 974
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica – Riga, 2000, Riga water supply biofilm – MSCL 630
Empedobacter brevis – Riga, 2001, Riga water supply biofilm – MSCL 645
Ensifer meliloti – Plant-associated. Effective on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and sweet clover (Melilotus alba). < DSM 30135 < ATCC 9930 < N.R. Smith, 3D0a2. Type culture – MSCL 803
Ensifer meliloti – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 406
Enterobacter asburiae – Riga, 2009, root canal – MSCL 839
Enterobacter cancerogenus – Czech Republic, 1964, canker of Populus canadensis cv. regenerata. < BCCM/LMG 2693 < NCPPB < B. Urosevic. ATCC 33241. Type culture – MSCL 1611
Enterobacter cancerogenus – Latvia – MSCL 1162
Enterobacter cloacae – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 745, 778
Enterobacter cloacae – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1166
Enterobacter sp. – Riga, 1995, Sephadex gel filtration column contaminated in a cold room – MSCL 68
Enterocloster clostridioformis – Riga, 2015, bacterial battery – MSCL 1473
Enterococcus faecalis – Urine. Used as a standard culture for determining antimicrobial activity and for quality control. ATCC 29212 < Micro-Media Systems, Inc. < Kaiser-Permanente strain Portland. WDCM 00087 – MSCL 1645
Enterococcus faecalis – Riga, 1995, clinical material – MSCL 328
Enterococcus faecalis – Riga, 2015, human leg ulcer – MSCL 1466, 1471
Enterococcus faecalis – For quality control. < CCM 1875. Produces carbamate kinase. ATCC 11700 – MSCL 302
Enterococcus faecium – Riga, 2003, dietary supplement – MSCL 680
Enterococcus faecium – Riga, 2015, human leg ulcer – MSCL 1470
Enterococcus gallinarum – Riga, 2011, contaminant of humic acid preparation – MSCL 1070
Enterococcus raffinosus – Riga, 2009, spoiled sauerkraut – MSCL 837
Erwinia rhapontici – KĶI < Ukraine, IMV – D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology – MSCL 651
Escherichia coli – 71 different strains, inquire separately
Escherichia coli DHα – Issued only to University of Latvia staff and with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1750–1762
Eubacterium limosum – Riga, 2009, root canal – MSCL 840
Faecalibacterium duncaniae – Scotland, UK, 1996, human, female, 34 years, fecal sample. < DSM 17677 < S. Duncan; A2-165 < A. Barcenilla. Type culture – MSCL 1581
Flavobacterium acidificum – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 293
Fusobacterium mortiferum – Riga, 2015, bacterial battery (anaerobic environment) – MSCL 1456
Fusobacterium necrophorum – Riga, 2015, bacterial battery (anaerobic environment) – MSCL 1475
Fusobacterium nucleatum – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (–) – MSCL 747
Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum – Cervico-facial lesion. For quality and sterility control. < DSM 15643 < J. Tang, ATCC 25586 < W. E. C. Moore < A. Prevot. Type culture – MSCL 1372
Gemella morbillorum – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (–) – MSCL 738
Geobacillus stearothermophilus – MSCL 19, 1046
Geobacillus stearothermophilus – Thermophile. Food testing. Assay of penicillins in milk, sterility testing. < DSM 6790. ATCC 10149, WDCM 00069 – MSCL 244
Gibbsiella quercinecans – UK, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hoddesdon Park Wood, 2008. Inner bark of Quercus petraea showing acute oak decline. < LMG 25500. Type culture – MSCL 1786
Gibbsiella quercinecans – UK, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hoddesdon Park Wood, 2008. Inner bark of Quercus petraea showing acute oak decline. < LMG 25501 – MSCL 1787
Gluconobacter frateurii – Riga, 2012, spoiled non-alcoholic beverage (iced tea) – MSCL 1278
Gluconobacter oxydans – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces sorbose. Assay of 4-aminobenzoic acid, p-aminobenzoic acid, nicotinic acid (niacin), pantothenic acid – MSCL 1423
Gluconobacter oxydans subsp. oxydans – Beer. Produces acid from maltose but not from sucrose. < DSM 3503 < ATCC 19357 < NCIB (Acetomonas oxydans) < J.G. Carr, I. Type culture – MSCL 1414
Haemophilus influenzae – Chungnam, South Korea, human (68 years old) sputum. Produces beta-lactamase; non-typable or Type F. < DSM 25829 < National Culture Collection of Pathogens, South Korea; NCCP 13792 < Korean National Institute of Health – MSCL 1619
Hafnia alvei – Riga, 2008 – MSCL 797
Hafnia alvei – Biotype 1. Serovar O1. < DSM 30163 < ATCC 13337 < NCTC 8105 < C. A. Stuart; NCDC 434-68. WDCM 00095. Type culture – MSCL 1615
Helicobacter pylori – Australia, endoscopic biopsy specimen of human gastric mucosa. For quality control. Enteric research. < DSM 21031 < NCTC 11637 < C. S. Goodwin and D. I. Annear. ATCC 43504. Type culture – MSCL 833
Herminiimonas (Aquaspirilum) sp. NOX – The Hague, Netherlands, filtrate of slow sand filters for drinking water. < ATCC 49643. For assimilable organic carbon (AOC) determination – MSCL 560
Kitasatospora papulosa – Riga, 1995, garden soil – MSCL 357, 361, 427
Klebsiella aerogenes – USA, South Carolina, sputum. For quality control and standard methods. ATCC 13048. Type culture – MSCL 758
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1168
Klebsiella variicola – Panama, soil. Quality control strain. ATCC 31488, WDCM 00206 – MSCL 535
Kluyvera ascorbata – Riga, 2004, spoiled beer – MSCL 696
Kluyvera ascorbata – Riga, 2005, bee gut – MSCL 732
Kluyvera ascorbata – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1167
Kluyvera cryocrescens – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1164
Kocuria varians – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 169
Lacticaseibacillus paracasei – Riga, 2014, bee gut – MSCL 1452
Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei – Riga, fermented sugar beet juice – MSCL 547
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus – Riga, 2011, sapropel of Lake Padēļu – MSCL 1156
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus – Riga, 2014, bee gut – MSCL 1454
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum – < Nielsen Laboratory, Denmark. ATCC 8014. Used for amino acid and vitamin determination – MSCL 550
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum – Riga, silage. Used for silage fermentation – MSCL 551
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum – Food testing, quality control, organic acid production. < DSM 20205 < ATCC 8014 < E. McCoy, 17-5 (Lactobacillus arabinosus) – MSCL 697
Lactobacillus acidophilus – MSCL 938
Lactobacillus acidophilus – Riga, 2008, dietary supplement – MSCL 820
Lactobacillus acidophilus – Riga, 2011, sapropel of Lake Pilveru – MSCL 1157
Lactobacillus acidophilus – Riga, 2002, contaminant in bread yeast Saccharomyces minor MSCL 575 – MSCL 657
Lactobacillus delbrueckii – MSCL 549, 1458
Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis – Food testing. Assay of vitamin B12. < DSM 20355 < Ellenrieder < ATCC 7830 < R.P. Tittsler, 313 (Lactobacillus leichmannii) < McCoy, Ld 5 (Lactobacillus delbrueckii) – MSCL 698
Lactobacillus dorsatae – 2016, gut of insect Apis dorsata, Philippines. Proposed type strain of the species. Grown at 37°C, anaerobic – MSCL 1775
Lactobacillus helveticus – Riga, 2008. Serological group A. < DSM 20075 < ATCC 15009 < P.A. Hansen, Lh12 < S. Orla-Jensen, 12 (Thermobacterium helveticum). Type culture – MSCL 799
Lactobacillus johnsonii – Riga, 2012, silage – MSCL 1277
Lactobacillus pseudophoni – 2016, gut of insect Pseudophonus rufipes, Italy. Proposed type strain of the species. Grown at 37°C, anaerobic – MSCL 1777
Lactobacillus sp. – Latvia – MSCL 524
Lactobacillus spp. – Lactic acid bacteria for bread leavening. Received in 2000 from the production association “Turība” < State Scientific Research Institute of the Bread Industry, Leningrad, Russia. Contains Lactobacillus plantarum 63, L. brevis 5, L. brevis 78 – MSCL 57
Mesorhizobium loti – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 99
Methanobacteriales – Methane-producing – MSCL 1384
Methanobacterium bryantii – Isolated from syntrophic culture of Methanobacterium omelianskii. Extremophile. Methanogen. < DSM 863 < M.P. Bryant M.o.H. ATCC 33272. Type culture – MSCL 1073
Methanothrix harundinacea – Beijing, China, 2000, UASB reactor treating beer manufacturing wastewater. Note: the deposited culture is not pure and contaminated with an unclassified bacterium, probably affiliated with the Mollicutes. < DSM 17206. Type culture – MSCL 1074
Methylobacterium phyllosphaerae – Riga, 2022, depositor’s preparation – MSCL 1648
Methylobacterium sp. – Riga, 2020, quince micropropagation culture – MSCL 1621
Mycobacterium sp. – MSCL 24
Mycobacterium sp. – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 144
Microbacterium aerolatum – Riga, 1996, soil – MSCL 462
Microbacterium flavescens – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 159
Microbacterium lacticum – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 174
Microbacterium sp. – Latvia – MSCL 520, 521
Micrococcus lylae – Riga, 1995, microbiology laboratory air – MSCL 375
Micrococcus luteus – MSCL 25
Micrococcus luteus – Riga, 1995, microbiology laboratory air – MSCL 376
Micrococcus luteus – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces polysaccharides – MSCL 236
Micrococcus luteus – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 25, 120, 121, 131, 132, 175
Micrococcus roseus – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 133
Micrococcus sp. – Riga, 1995, infected Staphylococcus aureus culture – MSCL 189
Micrococcus sp. – Riga, 1995, microbiology laboratory air – MSCL 377
Micrococcus sp. – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 122, 129, 139, 148, 170, 179
Moraxella catarrhalis – Quality control. < DSM 9143 < ATCC 25238 < B.W. Catlin; < University of Rochester, New York; Nell. Type culture – MSCL 1618
Moraxella sp. – Riga, 2009, rhododendron leaf endophyte – MSCL 859
Moraxella sp. – Riga, 2014, aspen micropropagation culture – MSCL 1421
Moraxella sp. – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme MspI – MSCL 237
Morganella morganii – Riga, 2005, bee gut – MSCL 731
Neisseria meningitidis – Republican Šiauliai Hospital, Lithuania, 2018, blood from a person with invasive meningococcal disease – MSCL 1643
Neisseria meningitidis – Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Lithuania, 2020, cerebrospinal fluid from a person with invasive meningococcal disease – MSCL 1641
Neisseria meningitidis – Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Lithuania, 2020, blood from a person with invasive meningococcal disease – MSCL 1642
Neisseria meningitidis – Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Lithuania, 2023, throat swab from a carrier – MSCL 1706
Neorhizobium galegae – Finland, root nodules from Galega orientalis. < DSM 11542 < ATCC 43677 < K. Lindström, HAMBI 540. Type culture – MSCL 1334
Neorhizobium galegae – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 789
Neorhizobium galegae – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 301
Nesterenkonia halobia – Riga, 1995, microbiology laboratory air – MSCL 374
Niallia circulans – MSCL 4, 91
Niallia circulans – Riga, 2018, quince micropropagation culture – MSCL 1541
Niallia circulans – Cellulose-degrading – MSCL 379
Niallia circulans – Riga, 2010, soil from organic farm in Rankas “Ķelmēni” – MSCL 1002
Niallia circulans – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 126
Nocardiopsis alba – Riga, 1995, garden soil – MSCL 340, 343, 356
Paenibacillus larvae – 1957, powdery scale. < CCM 38 < H. Proom (Bacillus pulvifaciens) < H. Katznelson – MSCL 1016
Paenibacillus larvae – Czech Republic, Liberec, Klamorna, 1995; dry scale, dead larva. < CCM 4485 < V. Drobníková (Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae) – MSCL 1017
Paenibacillus macerans – Riga, 2005, bee gut – MSCL 733
Paenibacillus macerans – Riga, 2008, ash micropropagation culture – MSCL 804
Paenibacillus mucilaginosus – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1639
Paenibacillus pabuli – Riga, 2010, lake sludge – MSCL 1006
Paenibacillus polymyxa – Riga, Bactosubtil preparation – MSCL 136
Paenibacillus polymyxa – Latvia, soil. Cellulose-degrading – MSCL 336
Paenibacillus polymyxa – MSCL 56
Paenibacillus polymyxa – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 119, 156, 166
Pantoea agglomerans – Ukraine, oats. < KKI < Ukraine, IMV – D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology – MSCL 652
Pantoea agglomerans – Riga, 2001, Riga drinking water biofilm – MSCL 646
Pantoea agglomerans – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1163
Pantoea conspicua – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 291
Pantoea sp. – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 294, 299
Paracoccus versutus – Depositor’s wastewater treatment reactor – MSCL 1427
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (-) – MSCL 771
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius – Riga, 2012, Līduči Lake sapropel, 4.7–4.9 m depth – MSCL 1275
Photobacterium phosphoreum – Bioluminescent – MSCL 800
Polyangium cellulosum – Riga, 1995, garden soil. Cellulose-degrading – MSCL 342
Polyangium cellulosum – Latvia, soil. Cellulose-degrading – MSCL 337, 339
Prevotella buccae – Riga, 2015, bacterial batteries (anaerobic) – MSCL 1474
Prevotella corporis – Riga, 2008, root canal – MSCL 828
Prevotella disiens – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (-) – MSCL 748
Priestia megaterium – Riga, 2000, microbiological preparation for water and soil purification from oil contamination – MSCL 574
Priestia megaterium – Riga, 2009, detergent – MSCL 895
Priestia megaterium – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1638
Priestia megaterium – Riga, 1995, book – MSCL 198
Priestia megaterium – Riga, 1997, soil. Solubilizes phosphates – MSCL 714
Priestia megaterium – Riga, 2020, rhododendron micropropagation culture – MSCL 1624
Priestia megaterium – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 124
Priestia megaterium – Tajikistan, gray soil. < VKM B-396 < INMIA 909 – MSCL 6
Proteus mirabilis – Riga, 2008, laboratory rat gut content – MSCL 810
Proteus mirabilis – Riga, 2015, human leg ulcer – MSCL 1469
Proteus mirabilis – Georgia, USA, rectum. Media testing. ATCC 43071 – MSCL 590
Proteus vulgaris – Riga, 2016, cheese – MSCL 1516
Proteus vulgaris – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme PvuI – MSCL 242
Providencia rettgeri – Riga, 2005, bee gut – MSCL 730
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme PaeII – MSCL 240
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme PaeI – MSCL 239
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Standard culture for various testing methods. ATCC 10145, WDCM 00024 – MSCL 537
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Riga, 2000, groundwater treatment reactor for drinking water in Baltezers – MSCL 182
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Riga, 2000, Riga drinking water biofilm – MSCL 623
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1165
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Riga, 2015, human leg ulcer – MSCL 1465, 1467, 1468
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Blood culture. For quality control and standard methods. ATCC 27853 – MSCL 761
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Blood culture. Antibiotic assays and susceptibility testing. ATCC 27853, DSM 1117, WDCM 00025 – MSCL 1509
Pseudomonas brenneri (Pseudomonas fluorescens) – Netherlands. Drinking water from dune-infiltrated river water. < ATCC 49642. Assimilable organic carbon determination – MSCL 559
Pseudomonas entomophila – Calvaire (Guadeloupe), France. Drosophila melanogaster. Entomopathogenic. < DSM 28517 < CECT < B. Lemaitre, EPFL, Switzerland < N. Vodovar. Type culture – MSCL 1703
Pseudomonas fragi – Riga, 2018, Antarctic soil, snow-free – MSCL 1559, 1560
Pseudomonas kilonensis – Riga, 1997, soil. Solubilizes phosphates – MSCL 710
Pseudomonas oryzihabitans – Contaminant in quince tissue culture or quince endophyte – MSCL 1546
Pseudomonas oryzihabitans – Riga, 2014, ash micropropagation culture – MSCL 1418
Pseudomonas paraeruginosa – Outer ear infection. Used for aureomycin determination. Latvia, received 1995 from Institute of Standardization and Control of Medical Biological Preparations, Moscow, Russia. Produces surfactant rhamnolipid. Utilizes octadecane. ATCC 9027, WDCM 00026. Type culture – MSCL 331
Pseudomonas putida/plecoglossicida – Depositor’s wastewater treatment reactor – MSCL 1437
Pseudomonas savastanoi – Canada, Phaseolus vulgaris. < DSM 50286 < K. Rudolph; 2078-S22/2 (Pseudomonas phaseolicola, race 1) < W.A.F. Hagborg – MSCL 649
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae – UK, lilac (Syringa vulgaris). Weakly pathogenic to lilac. < DSM 10604 < NCPPB <- K. A. Sabet. ATCC 19310. Type culture – MSCL 894
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato – USA, 2006, Lycopersicon esculentum (also pathogenic to Arabidopsis thaliana). Causes bacterial speck of tomato. < NCPPB 4369 – MSCL 1281
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato – Plant pathogen. Produces poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) and poly(3-hydroxyhexanoate) when grown with octanoate but not with gluconate. < DSM 50315 < H. Bortels; 685 (Pseudomonas tomato) – MSCL 893
Pseudomonas sp. – Riga, 1996, soil – MSCL 464
Pseudomonas sp. – < KKI < Ukraine, IMV – D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology – MSCL 650
Pseudomonas sp. – Riga, 1997, soil. Solubilizes phosphates – MSCL 713
Pseudomonas stutzeri – Riga, 2000, Riga drinking water biofilm – MSCL 629
Pseudomonas stutzeri – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme PsuI – MSCL 241
Psychrobacillus sp. – Riga, 2018, Antarctic Peninsula, terraced surface, peaty soil on rocky substrate – MSCL 1589, 1590
Rhizobium leguminosarum – MSCL 802 with GFP, ampicillin-resistant – MSCL 1459
Rhizobium leguminosarum – MSCL 291 with GFP, ampicillin-resistant – MSCL 1460
Rhizobium leguminosarum – Effective on red clover (Trifolium pratense) and white clover (Trifolium repens). < DSM 30141 < ATCC 14480 < Ura Mae Means (USDA), 3D1k22a. Type culture – MSCL 801
Rhizobium leguminosarum – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 792, 300, 296, 791, 793, 794, 405, 795, 796, 295, 303
Rhizobium phaseoli – Maryland, Beltsville, USA, garden beans. Effective on garden beans. Accumulates polyhydroxyalkanoic acids. < DSM 30137 < ATCC 14482 < U. M. Means, USDA, 3I6c15. Type culture – MSCL 1518
Rhizobium phaseoli – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 290
Rhizobium pisi – Forms effective nodules on peas (Pisum sativum) and vetch (Vicia villosa). Produces high-quality canning peas. < DSM 30132 < ATCC 10004 < L.W. Erdman, 3HOq18. Type culture – MSCL 802
“Rhizobium pongamiae” – North Guwahati, Assam, India, root nodules of Pongamia pinnata. Possibly a new species. Possibly a type culture – MSCL 1015
Rhizobium rhizogenes – LMG 152, ATCC 15834, virulent – MSCL 1803
Rhizobium sp. – Latvia, 2016 – MSCL 1514
Rhodococcus equi – Lung abscess of foal. For quality control and standard methods. ATCC 6039 < NCTC < H. Magnusson. WDCM 00028. Type culture – MSCL 762
Rhodococcus equi – Riga, 2007, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 768
Rhodococcus equi – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 150
Rhodococcus globerulus – Riga, 2018, Antarctic soil, snow-free – MSCL 1558
Saccharopolyspora spinosa – Virgin Islands, USA, soil from sugar-mill rum still. < DSM 44228 < NRRL < ? < F. P. Mertz, A 83543.1. ATCC 49460. Type culture – MSCL 1630
Salinicoccus roseus – Riga, 1995, microbiology laboratory air – MSCL 372
Salmonella enterica – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 631
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium – Ames (mutagenic potential) tester strain. Mutation: hisG46. Type: Base Pair Substitution. Target: GGG. rfa Mutation: defective lipopolysaccharide (LPS) layer. uvrB Mutation: eliminates accurate excision repair mechanism. pKM101 R-Factor Plasmid: enhances chemical and UV-induced mutagenesis. Ampicillin resistance – MSCL 1548
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Braenderup – Maine, USA. Serotype: 6,7,14:e,h:e,n,z15. ATCC BAA-664 (H9812) – MSCL 1533
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Dublin – Riga, 1972, clinical material – MSCL 320
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium – Tissue from pools of heart and liver from 4-week-old chickens, USA. For quality control and testing. Antigenic properties: 4,5,12:i:1,2. ATCC 14028, WDCM 00031 – MSCL 588
Salmonella sp. – Group D – MSCL 245
Salmonella sp. – Serogroup B – MSCL 381
Schaalia odontolytica – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (+) – MSCL 749
Serratia grimesii – Latvia, epiphyte – MSCL 157
Serratia liquefaciens – MSCL 22
Serratia marcescens – Riga, 2018, unpasteurized milk – MSCL 1551
Serratia marcescens – Riga, 2015 – MSCL 1476
Serratia plymuthica – Riga, 2017, Skaistkalne groundwater, well – MSCL 1540
Serratia rubidaea – Riga, 2022, peat-sapropel preparation with amino acid supplement – MSCL 1647
Shewanella putrefaciens – Riga, 2015, bottled drinking water – MSCL 1453
Shigella sonnei – USA. ATCC – MSCL 619
Thermus aquaticus – Olaine, 1991, hot water supply water. Issued with depositor’s permission. Thermophile. Produces restriction enzyme TaqII – MSCL 249
Thermus thermophilus – Issued with depositor’s permission. Thermophile. Produces restriction enzyme TthII – MSCL 250
Tissierella praeacuta – Riga, 2011, Pilveru Lake sapropel – MSCL 1160
Trueperella pyogenes – Riga, 2008, root canal – MSCL 814, 815, 829
Trueperella pyogenes – Riga, 2006, root canal, nitrocefin (-) – MSCL 741
Vibrio metschnikovii – Riga, 2015, bacterial batteries (anaerobic environment) – MSCL 1457
- Weizmannia coagulans – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 1634
Xanthomonas rubrilineans – Issued with depositor’s permission. VKM B-629 < CCM 1590 – MSCL 443–445
Xanthomonas vasicola pv. holcicola – Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces restriction enzyme XhoI – MSCL 246
Yokenella regensburgei – Riga, 2011, birch trunk – MSCL 1170
Zymomonas mobilis – Issued with depositor’s permission. 17 strains
Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis – Zaire, fermenting Elaeis palm sap. ATCC 29191 < J De Ley < W. Van Pee < Lab. Microbiology, Univ. Nat. Zaire – MSCL 997
Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis – Zaire, fermenting Elaeis palm sap. Issued with depositor’s permission. Produces ethanol and levan – MSCL 647
Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis – Issued with depositor’s permission – MSCL 998