The Microbiome Standards Project

The Agency is looking for a supplier who can provide the following 20 type strains listed below, for which live or freeze-dried cultures will need to be provided. We require full rights to incorporate the DNA and Strains into next generation sequencing standards.

STRAIN NAME STRAIN NUMBER Enhydrobacter aerosaccus DSM 8914 Corynebacterium simulans DSM 44415 Corynebacterium afermentans DSM 44280 Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum DSM 44922 Corynebacterium aurimucosum DSM 44532 Corynebacterium accolens DSM 44278 Neisseria sicca DSM 23539 oribacterium sinus DSM 17245 Megasphaera micronuciformis DSM 17226 Bifidobacterium longum subs. Infantis DSM 20088 Bifidobacterium longum subs. Longum DSM 20219 Collinsella aerofaciens DSM 13712 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron DSM 2079 Bacteroides uniformis DSM 6597 Parabacteroides distasoni DSM 20701 Prevotella copri DSM 18205 Prevotella melaninogenica DSM 7089 Alistipes finegoldii DSM 17242 Clostridium butyricum DSM 10702 Eubacterium hallii DSM 3353 Anaerostipes hadrus DSM 3319 Blautia wexlera DSM DSM 19520 Roseburia hominis DSM DSM 16839 Roseburia intestinalis DSM DSM 14610 Faecalibacterium praunitzii DSM 17677 Akkermansia muciniphila DSM 22959 Ruminococcus gauvreauii DSM 19289 Lactobacillus gessari DSM 20077 Escherichia coli DSM 1103

As far as we are aware there is only one supplier who is able to meet this very specific request. Potential suppliers if they feel they can meet the requirement should email [email protected] to register an interest.

If no submissions of potential interest are received by close of play 22 March 2019, it is then intended to perform a direct award without competition to the sole supplier we believe can deliver the required service.