Member Societies

Our Member Societies serve the microbiology community through providing resources, building capacity, and stimulating collaboration. Microbiological societies can apply to become a FEMS Member Society but individuals can apply to become a member of a FEMS Member Society.

How to join a FEMS Member Society
Have a look at the Member Societies below and find out more about them, learn how you can join them or contact them.

FEMS Member Societies
Currently, we have one Corresponding Member Society. Please note that if you are a member of a Corresponding Member Society, you are partially eligible for FEMS membership benefits, as described here.

country/region	Corresponding member society
Europe	European Culture Collections’ Organisation

country/region	FULL Member societies
Armenia	Armenian Microbiological Association
Austria	Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Austria	Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
Belarus	Belarussian Non-governmental Association of Microbiologists
Belgium	Belgian Society for Microbiology
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Microbiology Society of BiH
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Society for Microbiology (Union of Scientists in Bulgaria)
Croatia	Croatian Microbiological Society
Czech Republic & Slovakia	Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology
Denmark	Danish Microbiological Society
Estonia	Estonian Society for Microbiology
Finland	Finnish Biochemical, Biophysical, and Microbiological Society
France	French Society for Microbiology
Georgia	Georgian Association for General and Applied Microbiology
Germany	German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology
Germany	Association for General and Applied Microbiology
German-speaking regions	Society for Virology
Global	International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society
Greece	Greek Society of Microbiology
Greece	Society of Mikrobiokosmos
Hungary	Hungarian Society for Microbiology
Iceland	Microbiological Society of Iceland
Israel	Israel Society for Microbiology
Italy	Italian Society for Virology
Italy	Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnologies
Italy	Italian Society of Agro-Food and Microbial Biotechnologies
Italy	Italian Association for Clinical Microbiology
Italy	Italian Society of Microbiology
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Association of Human Microbiome Researchers
Latvia	Latvian Society for Microbiology
Lithuania	Lithuanian Microbiological Society
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Society for Microbiology
Macedonia, Republic of	Macedonian Microbiological Society
Moldova	Society for Microbiology of Moldova
Netherlands, The	Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology
Norway	Norwegian Society for Microbiology
Poland	Polish Society of Microbiologists
Portugal	Portuguese Society of Microbiology
Romania	Romanian Society for Microbiology
Russia	Interregional Russian Microbiological Society
Russia	Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Russia	All-Russian Public Organization “National Academy of Mycology”
Serbia	Serbian Society for Microbiology
Slovenia	Slovenian Microbiological Society
Spain	Spanish Society for Microbiology
Spain	Spanish Society for Virology
Sweden	Swedish Society for Microbiology
Switzerland	Swiss Society for Microbiology
Turkey	Turkish Microbiological Society
Ukraine	Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine
United Kingdom and Ireland	Microbiology Society
United Kingdom	Society for Applied Microbiology
United Kingdom	British Phycological Society
United Kingdom	British Mycological Society

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