Dear Customers,
AR Bank will not ship orders from December 20th through January 3rd. AR Bank shipments are temperature sensitive and delays can affect integrity of isolates.
Dear AR Isolate Bank customers,
The AR Isolate Bank will be temporarily offline for maintenance starting Friday, March 25 at 9:00 a.m. (ET).
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Hello! Are you enjoying the new AR Isolate Bank web page? Email us with any feedback or issues.
We are currently experiencing a high demand of orders and are doing our best to fulfill them. All Isolate Panels page information is updated with expected panel availability, when applicable.
Registered customers can opt to be notified when panels are back in stock. Please note there is no waiting list.
Orders are fulfilled based on current inventory and are shipped Monday-Wednesday via overnight services. We apologize for the delays and appreciate your patience.
- The AR Isolate Bank Team
The CDC & FDA Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Isolate Bank provides curated collections of resistant organisms to help microbiologists, drug and diagnostic manufacturers, and researchers combat one of the world’s greatest infectious disease threats.
Isolates are gathered through CDC’s outbreak response and surveillance programs, validated and sequenced for testing, and then thoughtfully curated to increase lab efficiencies and public health innovations. The isolates represent samples from healthcare-associated, foodborne, gonorrhea, and community-associated infections.
Please use the following citation for any publications, protocols, or any written
materials using AR Bank Isolates.
CDC & FDA Antimicrobial Resistance Isolate Bank. Atlanta (GA): CDC. [cited date]
In text citation for single isolates:
- e.g., Escherichia coli AR Bank # 0001.
For panels:
- e.g., ceftazidime/avibactam panel (CDC & FDA AR Isolate Bank).
Have you published your work using AR Isolate Bank isolates?
We would like to hear about your work involving AR Isolate Bank isolates. Please email us at
ARbank@cdc.gov to share the title, publication information, and link or DOI.
We will list peer reviewed publications that include AR Isolate Bank isolates on the AR Isolate Bank website’s AR Isolate Bank Citations page.
