LEGE is open to deposition of strains, as long as the organisms adapt to growth conditions present in the collection. Candidate strains for deposit will be examined for contamination, proper identification and data accuracy. All deposited strains are open to the public once their acceptance is approved. See the workflow scheme for a typical deposition of strains on LEGE.

LEGE-CC Deposit Workflow

1. Public Deposit

In order to deposit, strains must satisfy the following conditions:

• The strain has been identified, preferably to species level. All the information including the process from identification to sequencing should be provided (media recipes, and any photographs of the organism would be appreciated).
• If the strain name and a description of the species has been published or is ‘in press’ in the scientific literature. Copies of the relevant published material must be provided at the time of deposit.
• Once a deposit has been accepted into the Collection it will be given a unique LEGE code which will be immutable.

Deposit of strains in LEGE is free of charge. However, shipping and transport costs are borne by the depositor. We reserve the right to refuse any strain that is not as described in the Accession Form.

2. Safe Deposit

LEGE-CC is willing to accept deposits of valuable strains for confidential safekeeping. In such cases a culture remains the property of the depositor and is available only to the depositor.
Confidentially deposited strains are not listed in our publicly available catalogue.

Prior to the deposit process:
For more information on the Nagoya Protocol, visit the CBD on Nagoya protocol page here.
For nation to nation information on ABS status, visit the ABS Clearing House site here.

For further information on this service and the charges involved, check the price list and quality control terms, or send us an email.