-CIRM-CFBP-
  • Collection name: CIRM-Collection Française de Bactéries associées aux Plantes
  • Acronym: CIRM-CFBP
  • WDCM number: 639
  • Institution: INRAE
  • Address:
    42 rue Georges Morel
    49070 Beaucouze
    France
  • Website: https://cirm-cfbp.fr
    Website of the catalogue or database of the collection: https://cirm-cfbp.fr/page/CFBP_query
    Correspondence data:
    E-mail: cfbp@inrae.fr
    Tel.: + 33 241 225 719
    Correspondent: Perrine Portier

Members holdings

Group(s) of biological resources stored in the collection: bacteria.

French Collection for Plant-Associated Bacteria, CIRM-CFBP, holds more than 7200 accessions of plant-associated bacteria, strategic resources for plant health. CIRM-CFBP is now preserving complex consortia and native microbiota.

Services offered

  • Strains distribution.
  • Molecular identification.
  • Expertise in bacterial diversity, taxonomy, plant-pathology.

    • Research

  • The CIRM-CFBP is part of IRHS (Institut for Horticulture and Seeds) and is integrated in EMERSYS (Emergence systematics ecology of plant associated bacteria) research team.

  • The two main research topics are:
  • • Emergence and evolutive biology of plant-pathogenic bacteria (diversity, epidemiology…)
  • • Seed transmision of microorganisms and impact on plant fitness (mechanisms, microbiome…)

    • Quality Management System

    CIRM-CFBP is ISO9001 certified since 2008.