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French Collection of Plant associated bacteria (CFBP) is a collection of International Center for Microbial Resources (CIRM).
 
Aims
The French collection of plant associated
bacteria is an international reference for the
genetic resources of plant pathogenic bacteria.
Its role is to preserve these biological resources
and associated information which are deposited there,
and to provide them to the international community
for research/development/teaching/identification purposes.
History
The French collection of plant associated
bacteria was officially set up in 1973
on the basis of significant collections
of the phytobacteriology laboratory of the
INRA
research center of Angers-Nantes. At the beginning it thus primarily
consisted of strains isolated by
plant bacteriologists from the INRA research centers
of Angers and Versailles.
Nowadays, strains are also provided by other scientists from
French research institutes (INRA, IRD, CIRAD...),
or from foreign countries
(Switzerland, Syria, Algeria, United States, India...).
Some strains, mainly type strains,
have been introduced from other bacterial collections.
You can view video reports carried
out by the "Atlantech-Pays de la Loire":
- click on this link and select
the course of Régine Samson
http://patrimoine.atlantech.fr/atlantech/foffice/portail/edito/ressources/parcourir/parcours.html
- for historical documents on the CFBP,
select choice 5
Content of the collection
Most of the strains are plant pathogenic bacteria.
CFBP also includes saprophyte strains or strains
closely associated to plants
(phytocommensales and rhyzobacteria).
CFBP currently comprises 5400 strains,
belonging mainly to the genera
Acidovorax, Agrobacterium, Bacillus,
Brenneria, Burkholderia, Clavibacter,
Curtobacterium, Dickeya, Enterobacter,
Erwinia, Pantoea,
Pectobacterium, Pseudomonas,
Ralstonia, Rhatayibacter,
Rhodococcus, Streptomyces,
Xanthomonas and Xylophilus.
Conservation
of the strains
The strains are preserved freeze-dried
and the stocks maintained in two separate places.
A duplicate of the collection preserved at -80°C
is under constitution.
CFBP team
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