Fifteen years ago the CCRC was set up to collect and preserve fungi and bacteria. As well as isolating and authenticating microbial strains, the center also supplies microbes to research establishments and private industry.
十五年前，經濟部食品工業研究所轄下也成立「菌種中心」，保護、收藏真菌與細菌，菌種中心除進行分離、鑑定菌株，並提供、出售菌種給研究單位與民間業者。