Welcome to BEI Resources

At BEI Resources, we're the leading source for high quality cultures and reagents for microbiology and infectious diseases research. As you explore the benefits we offer, you will see how BEI Resources can serve as a catalyst for your research efforts worldwide.  BEI Resources materials are provided at no cost to registered researchers (additional shipping charges may apply).

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SARS-CoV-2 and currently available Coronavirus strains and reagents     

Click here for available products, information and FAQs regarding the SARS-CoV-2.  For any questions regarding BEI Resources and SARS-CoV-2 materials, please contact contact@beiresources.org. 

European SARS-CoV-2 Variant Strains

NR-53953, SARS-CoV-2 Isolate hu/DK/CL-5/1, NR-53944, SARS-CoV-2 Isolate hCoV-19/Scotland/CVR837/2020, NR-54000, SARS-CoV-2, hCoV2-19/USA/CA_CDC_ 5574/2020 (B.1.1.7 variant) and NR-53945, SARS-CoV-2 Isolate hCoV-19/Scotland/CVR2224/2020 are now available. BEI Resources is currently in process of accessioning the SARS-CoV-2, England VUI-202012/01 strain (NR-54000). We will keep the website updated for availability of thess strains. Please click the links for each catalog number for more information.

South African SARS-CoV-2 Variants

BEI Resources anticipates the accessioning of the South African SARS-CoV-2 isolates (NR-54008, hCoV-19/South Africa/KRISP-EC-K005321/2020 and NR-54009, hCoV-19/South Africa/KRISP-K005325/2020) in January. Please click on the links above for more information on each isolate.

Enterovirus EV-D68 Cell Line Screening

In support of Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) vaccine development research, BEI Resources has performed initial screening of cell lines amenable for human vaccine development. Click here for more information.

Coming Soon: Black Fly Colony

BEI Resources is pleased to announce the upcoming availability of black flies through a partnership with the University of Georgia Black Fly Rearing and Bioassay Laboratory, which has operated the only known colony of black flies for over 20 years ...more.

Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris

Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogenic yeast. Clinical isolates from a hospital in Pakistan, the site of a 2014 C. auris outbreak, have been deposited to BEI Resources ...more.

Unusual Gram-Negative Bacteria

The genus Flavobacterium has undergone several taxonomic shifts, beginning with the separation of a number of pathogenic species into a new genus, Chryseobacterium. Further reclassification occurred with the naming of genus Elizabethkingia.  Many of these reclassifications involved the renaming of historical isolates and type strains, many of which were recently deposited to BEI Resources....more.

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