10 May 2019 --- French multinational Danone has granted open access to its collection of 1,800 strains of bacteria for research purposes, in celebration of the 100-year anniversary since the creation of its first yogurt. This includes granting access to its current collection of 193 lactic and bifidobacteria ferment strains deposited at the National Collection of Cultures of Microorganisms, held in the Biological Resource Center of Institut Pasteur (CRBIP).