The United Kingdom National Culture Collection (UKNCC)

The United Kingdom National Culture Collection (UKNCC) was established to co-ordinate the activities of the UK national service collections of microbial organisms. Information on UKNCC services and on other collection activities can be found through the menu items above.

Organisms

The UKNCC members collections offer a culture/cell supply service. The organisms that are supplied include actinomycetes, algae, animal cells, bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, nematodes, protozoa, mycoplasm, viruses and yeasts.

Supply of pure named organisms
Reference strains and cell lines
Starter cultures
Production strains
Plant and human pathogens (subject to permits)
Microbial resistance test strains
DNA and extracts derived from authenticated strains

You can select the strains you require by searching the databases of the individual culture collections below. You can also view information relating to the supply of strains.

Collection	Acronym	Organism Coverage
CABI*	IMI	Fungi, Yeast, Bacteria (plant pathogenic and Antarctic)
Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa	CCAP	Algae, cyanobacteria, protozoa
European Collection of Cell Cultures**	ECACC	Cell lines
The National Collection of Industrial, food and Marine Bacteria	NCIMB	Bacteria
National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi**	NCPF	Fungi pathogenic to animals and humans
National Collection of Type Cultures**	NCTC	Bacteria pathogenic to animals and humans
National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria	NCPPB	Bacteria pathogenic to plants
National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses**	NCPV	Viruses
National Collection of Yeast Cultures	NCYC	Yeast

* Incorporates the UK Collection of Fungus Cultures, The UK National Collection of Wood Rotting Fungi, The British Antarctic Survey Culture Collection
** An HPA culture Collection. (www.hpacultures.org.uk )

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