The Banyuls Bacterial Culture Collection (BBCC), formerly MOLA, was established in 2001. Currently, 3266 environmental bacterial strains are maintained in our collection, with new ones being added regularly. It is located at the Banyuls Observatory (France) which is run by Sorbonne University and the CNRS. The BBCC is part of the European infrastructure EMBRC and the French national infrastructure EMBRC-France.