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Websites
- The American Type Culture Collection www.atcc.org
- The European Collection of Cell Lines www.ecacc.org.uk
- Deutsche Sammlung Von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures) www.dsmz.de
- Japanese Cllection of Research Bioresources and Health Sciences Research Resources Bank http://cellbank.nibio.go.jp