BCCM (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms)

BCCM is the Belgian biological resource center.

The BCCM consortium aims to be a solution partner for providing services of quality in microbial and genetic resources for academia and industry

The BCCM consortium joins 7 decentralised biological resource centres with complementary expertise.

The BCCM consortium aims to:

• acquire, preserve and distribute microbial and genetic resources,
• identify and characterize these biological materials,
• offer customer-oriented services,
• increase the understanding of microorganisms and their function in ecosystems,
• foster the application of biological resources.