**Code**: [NRRL](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125443) **Organization**: USDA Agricultural Research Service **Division**: Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit **Location**: Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 98000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1941 **Taxonomic coverage**: Microbial flora with emphasis on agriculturally and industrially important species **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide **Incorporated herbaria**: QM (6000 specimens) in 1978. **Important collectors**: L. T. Leonard, N. R. Smith **Notes**: The ARS Culture Collection is one of the largest public collections of microorganisms in the world, containing approximately 98,000 isolates of bacteria and fungi. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-06-12 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.