MIRRI provides to (external) researchers a single point of access to 400,000+ high-quality microbial resources, their derivatives and associated data, along with the access to state-of-the-art facilities and technological platforms and to a pool of expertise that covers a broad and diverse range of scientific fields and application domains, such as:

• Fundamental and applied research;
• Environmental, industrial, food and clinical microbiology;
• Environmental, human, animal and plant health;
• Pharmacology and toxicology;
• Agricultural and food sciences;
• Biotechnology food industry;
• Food safety;
• Biological soil and crop management;
• Environmental management and bioremediation;
• Marine biotechnology;
• Biofuel production and microbial fuel cells;
• Microbial biodiversity and taxonomy;
• Microbiomes & culturomics;
• Molecular biology & biotechnology;
• Bioinformatics and data management;
• Legal/regulatory affairs, among others.

MIRRI and its partner organisations are, therefore, on a privileged position to collaborate with the bioscience communities on delivering the best possible outcomes and impact from research and innovation projects.