The Roscoff Culture Collection (RCC) maintains and distributes approximately 6000 strains of marine microalgae, macroalgae, protists, bacteria and viruses
It is located at the Station Biologique in Roscoff (France) which is run by Sorbonne University and the CNRS. The RCC is part of the European infrastructure EMBRC and the French national infrastructure EMBRC-France.
In addition to services offered for public and private laboratories, the RCC supports schools in carrying out practical work