The Asia-Pacific region is rich in biodiversity. It is estimated that there are about 147 microbial collection centers in Asia accounting for more than 30% of the 484 culture collections in the database of World Data Center for Microorganisms (WDCM). Here is a sample of culture collection centers in Asia.

China
Agricultural Culture Collection of China WDCM572
The Cell Bank of Type Culture Collection of Chinese Academy of Sciences WDCM793
China Center for Industrial Culture Collection WDCM582
China Center for Type Culture Collection WDCM611
Culture Collection of Department of Microbiology WDCM117
China Center For Virus Culture Collection WDCM612
China General Microbiological Culture Collectio Center WDCM550
The Culture and Information Centre of Industrial Microoganisms of China Universities WDCM897
China Marine Microbe Collection WDCM865
China Veterinary Culture Collection WDCM876
Freshwater Algae Culture Collection WDCM872

India
Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank WDCM773
National Collection of Dairy Cultures WDCM775
National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms WDCM3

Indonesia
ICBB Culture Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Culture WDCM842
Food and Nutrition Culture Collection WDCM755
Research Institute for Tobacco and Fibre Crops WDCM625

Japan
AHU Culture Collection WDCM635
HUT Culture Collection WDCM195
IAM Culture Collection WDCM190
Laboratory Culture Collection WDCM208
Japan Collection of Microorganisms WDCM567
MAFF Genebank, Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries WDCM637
Marine Biotechnology Institute Culture Collection WDCM831
NITE Biological Resource Center WDCM831
National Institute of Animal Health WDCM638
Microbial Culture Collection at National Institute for Environmental Studies WDCM591
RIKEN Cell Bank WDCM781
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Research Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases WDCM301

Korea
Culture Collection of Antimirobial Resistant Microorganisms WDCM847
Culture Collection of Wild Mushroom WDCM896
Center for Fungal Genetic Resources WDCM903
KACC, Korean Agricultural Culture Collection WDCM806
Korean Cell Line Bank/ Korean Cell Line Research Foundation WDCM850
KCTC Korean Collection for Type Cultures WDCM597
KEMC Korea Environmental Microorganism Center WDCM889
Korea Marine Microalgae Culture Center WDCM894
Plant Virus GenBank WDCM811

Malaysia
Food Technology Culture Collection WDCM762
Philippines
Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms WDCM620

Singapore
Department of Biological Culture Collection WDCM510
Department of Microbiology WDCM568

Taiwan
Bioresource Collection and Research Center WDCM59

Thailand
BIOTEC Culture Collection WDCM783
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine WDCM680
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Production WDCM701
TISTR Culture Collection Bangkok MIRCEN WDCM383