March 15, 2017 VIA . American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) Michelle Sherman University Blvd Manassas, VA 20110

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1 March 15, 2017 VIA Michelle Sherman University Blvd Manassas, VA Re: Extension for ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 accreditation Dear Michelle: This letter is to inform you that your accreditation for ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 will expire on March 17, We have granted you an extension of 30 days from the expiration date on your certificate and scope of accreditation. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter, please feel free to give me a call at Regards, Erica F. Collins Customer Support Supervisor ANAB is Now the Home of Milwaukee, WI Alexandria, VA Fort Wayne, IN Garner, NC

2 CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board 500 Montgomery Street, Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314, This is to certify that University Blvd. Manassas VA has been assessed by ANAB and meets the requirements of international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 while demonstrating technical competence in the field of TESTING Refer to the accompanying Scope of Accreditation for information regarding the types of tests to which this accreditation applies. AT-1383 Certificate Number Certificate Valid: 05/17/ /17/2017 Version No. 003 Issued: 05/17/2016 This laboratory is accredited in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005. This accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system (refer to joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqué dated January 2009).

3 SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION TO ISO/IEC 17025: University Blvd., Manassas, VA Michelle Sherman Phone: TESTING Valid to: March 17, 2017 Certificate Number: AT I. Biological / Microbiological ITEMS, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS SPECIFIC TESTS OR PROPERTIES MEASURED TESTED Viability and purity Gram staining and cell morphology Bacteria Colony description Viability (culture, stain, and titer) Purity testing Bacteria Ribotype Bacteria Phenotypic ID api assays VITEK 2 assays VITEK MS BiOLOG identification technology Remel RapID assays Biochemical assays Antibiotic susceptibility testing O antigen serotyping Viability and identification Viability(cell count and growth) Growth properties Morphology Sterility and Purity Mycoplasma contamination testing Bacterial and fungal contamination testing Human virus testing Membrane filtration test for bacterial and fungal contamination SPECIFICATION, STANDARD METHOD OR TECHNIQUE USED *KEY EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGIES Inverted, dissecting, and fluorescence DuPont Qualicon RiboPrinter System VITEK 2 Analyzer VITEK MS Analyzer BiOLOG GEN III Inverted Automated cell counters Inverted and fluorescence BacT/ALERT 3D Version 003 Issued: 05/17/2016 Page 1 of 3

4 ITEMS, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS TESTED Nucleic Acids Protists SPECIFIC TESTS OR PROPERTIES MEASURED COI assay (interspecies) STR analysis (intraspecies) Identification PCR and sequencing IFA Viability (infectivity) CEID 50 by hemagglutination TCID 50 by CPE or IFA Purity Bacterial and fungal contamination testing Mycoplasma contamination testing SPECIFICATION, STANDARD METHOD OR TECHNIQUE USED Internal Methods Viability and purity Viability (culture and titer) Internal Methods Cell and/or colony morphology Purity genes Phenotypic ID VITEK 2 assays api assays VITEK MS BiOLOG identification technology Genetic marker testing Sporulation efficiency testing PicoGreen or RiboGreen analysis Agarose gel electrophoresis OD 260/OD 280 ratio Inactivation of source organism (BSL 2 or higher) Digital PCR for quantitative testing qpcr for quantitative testing Viability (cell count) Cell morphology Purity genes *KEY EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGIES Microscopes Inverted and fluorescence BacT/ALERT 3D Microscopes Inverted and dissecting VITEK 2 Analyzer VITEK MS Analyzer BiOLOG GEN III Plate Readers Gel documentation system Spectrophotometers Inverted Version 003 Issued: 05/17/2016 Page 2 of 3

5 Notes: 1. * = As Applicable 2. This scope is part of and must be included with the Certificate of Accreditation No. AT Version 003 Issued: 05/17/2016 Page 3 of 3