MicroBioLogics® Supplies Original Reference Cultures from International Culture Collections

As you probably already know, MicroBioLogics manufactures authentic and traceable lyophilized microorganism derivatives for Quality Control testing. What you may not know is that MicroBioLogics is also a licensed supplier of original reference cultures from world renowned culture collections including NCIMB, NCTC and NCPF.

The term "original reference culture" is used to describe microbial cultures that are supplied directly from a culture collection. A culture collection is a biological resource center that acquires, authenticates, maintains, preserves and distributes biological materials for the scientific community. Original reference cultures are usually used for research purposes.

MicroBioLogics has partnerships with NCIMB of Aberdeen, Scotland as well as the Health Protection Agency Culture Collections NCTC and NCPF, also based in the United Kingdom. These partnerships provide MicroBioLogics and their global distribution network with immediate access to approximately 17,000 microorganism strains.

If you are interested in purchasing original reference cultures, contact your MicroBioLogics Authorized Distributor or MicroBioLogics directly. To locate a MicroBioLogics Authorized Distributor near you, click here. To learn more, email info@mbl2000.com. Below is more information about each of these collections.

NCIMB

The National Collection of Industrial, Marine and Food Bacteria (NCIMB) has grown as a reference culture collection since its origin in the 1950's and now manages over 7,750 strains, many of which are unique to NCIMB. Quality systems are integral to the company's business model and it operates to cGMP, ISO 9001:2008 systems and is an active member of CABRI (Common Access to Biological Resources and Information).

www.ncimb.com

NCTC

Founded in 1920, The National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) is the longest-established collection in the world offering a bacterial culture supply service. The collection is certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2008 and comprises over 5000 bacterial cultures, together with over 100 mycoplasmas and more than 500 plasmids, host strains, bacteriophages and transposons.

www.hpacultures.org.uk/aboutus/nctc.jsp

NCPF

The National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi (NCPF) is the United Kingdom's only culture collection specializing in fungi pathogenic to humans and animals. Since its inception at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1946 the NCPF has been an integral part of the Mycology Reference Laboratory, which means that the expertise is available on site for strain authentication. At present, the collection holds over 4,000 fungal strains.

www.hpacultures.org.uk/aboutus/ncpf.jsp