英國食品工業與海洋細菌菌種保藏中心NCIMB (National Collections of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacterial)
NCIMB主要從事分類學、分子生物學的研究和采用冷凍干燥方法保藏菌種。該保藏中心保藏有細菌8500株,抗菌素70株。另外該中心提供如下服務:細菌、抗生素、質粒的分離;細菌(非致病細菌)的鑒定;保藏細菌、酵母、質粒等。 該中心保藏的菌種可出售。
NCIMB is a professional microbiology company. Since the 1940’s we have been building and managing what is now the largest industrial, marine and food culture collection in the UK. We have provided a comprehensive range of commercial microbiology services to diverse sectors within industry since 1983. Our services are all founded on our heritage of managing, understanding and exploiting bacteria for the commercial benefit of our customers. These services range from culture maintainence and preservation through microbiological and chemical identification and analysis, to the support of novel discovery research. We also pioneer cutting-edge multi-party microbiology R&D collaborations.