Czech Collection of Microorganisms

Czech Collection of Microorganisms (CCM)

The CCM is a specialized research and service facility that maintains and provides cultures of microorganisms for the needs of basic and applied research, industry, routine laboratories, biotechnology and education.

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RNDr. Luděk Sehnal, Ph.D, appointed as the new Head of the Czech Collection of Microorganisms

As of 1 February 2026, the leadership of the Czech Collection of Microorganisms will be assumed by RNDr. Luděk Sehnal, Ph.D.

Vermiconidia endohyphata sp. nov., Vermiconidia lapidea sp. nov., and Vermiconidia mendeliana sp. nov. (Mycosphaerellales, Extremaceae): novel rock-inhabiting fungi from James Ross and Tail Islands, Antarctica

M. Laichmanová et al. (2026). Mycol Progress 25, 5.

Psychrotolerant enterobacters inhabiting the gut of Antarctic fishes of the family Nototheniidae and description of Enterobacter hoffmannii subsp. nototheniae subsp. nov.

I. Sedláček et al. (2025). Czech Polar Rep 15, 224-248.

Psychrotolerant Erwinia psychrophila sp. nov. and Erwinia magellanica sp. nov. isolated from penguin faeces

I. Sedláček et al. (2026). Curr Microbiol 83, 93.