The UKNCC offer identification by a range of techniques for many organisms including, actinomycetes, algae, animal cells, arthropods, bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, nematodes, protozoa, mycoplasma and yeasts. The collections that provide the services and methods used are listed under the different organisms below.

A number of links to sites dealing with taxononmy and nomenclature and literature references to keys for organism identification are also listed.

Identification Services

Actinomycetes

NCPF
Method used: Morphological and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: Medical

NCIMB
Method used: Morphological, biochemical, MIDI and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: Industrial, Food and Environmental
Conditions of acceptance

Algae

CCAP (freshwater)
Methods used: morphological and biochemical
Groups covered: Freshwater

CCAP(marine)
Method used: morphological
Groups covered: Marine

Animal cell lines

Bacteria

CABI
Methods used: MIDI, biochemical and molecular fingerprinting Groups covered: Phytopathogenic

NCIMB
Methods used: Physiological, morphological, biochemical (including MIDI/BIOLOG), and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: Industrial, Food and Environmental
Conditions of Acceptance

NCPPB
Methods used: MIDI, biochemical and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: Phytopathogenic

NCTC
Methods used: MIDI, biochemical and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: Medical

Cyanobacteria

CCAP (freshwater)
Methods used: morphological and biochemical

Filamentous fungi

CABI
Methods used: morphological, biochemical and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: Ascomycetes, Dematiaceous hyphomycetes, Mitotic fungi, Coelomycetes, lichenized fungi, Zygomycetes
Specialists:

• D. Brayford - Nectria and anamorphs: Acremonium, Cylindrocarpon, Fusarium, Myrothecium & Volutella. Oomycota: Phytophthora
• P. F. Cannon - Coelomycetes: Colletotrichum, Cytospora & Phomopsis. Ascomycetes: Amphisphaeriales, Diaporthales, Eurotiales (those not covered by Lawrence), Phyllachorales, Sordariales and Xylariales
• J.C. David - Mycosphaerellaceae and anamorphs: Cercospora and related genera, Cladosporium and related genera. Alternaria and related genera. Erysiphales. Lichenized fungi
• G. Kinsey - Coelomycetes (excluding those covered by Cannon). Ascomycetes: Dothideales (except Mycosphaerellaceae) & Pezizales (except Tuberaceae). Myxomycota
• P.M. Kirk - Dematiaceous hyphomycetes (except those covered by David & Minter). Ascomycetes: Microthyriaceae. Zygomycetes. Basidiomycota (Uredinales, Ustilaginales and the macrobasidiomycetes)
• Z. Lawrence - Aspergillus, Penicillium & Paecilomyces and eurotialean teleomorphs
• D.W. Minter - Hyaline hyphomycetes (except those covered by Brayford). Black yeasts. Ascomycetes: Diatrypales, Ophiostomatales, Rhytismatales & Tuberaceae

NCWRF
Methods used: morphological
Groups covered: wood rotting basidiomycetes

Insects

• R. Booth - Coleoptera
• J. LaSalle - parasitic hymenoptera (superfamily Chalcidoidea)
• A. Polaszek - parasitic hymenoptera (superfamily Chalcidoidea)
• G.Watson - Homoptera, Coccoidea
  

Nematodes

CABI
Methods used: morphological and molecular fingerprinting
Specialists:

• D. Hunt
• A. Reid - entomopathogenic nematodes

Protozoa

CCAP(freshwater)
Methods used: morphological and biochemical

Mycoplasma

ECACC
Method used: morphological
NCTC
Method used: morphological

Yeasts

CABI
Methods used: MIDI and biochemical
Groups covered: All
Specialists:

• D.W. Minter – Aureobasidium and related black yeasts
• G. Saddler

NCPF
Methods used: morphological and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: Medically important
NCYC
Methods used: morphological, biochemical and molecular fingerprinting
Groups covered: All

Summary