NCIMB and MicroBioLogics Announce Partnership to Develop NCIMB-Derived Biological Materials

ABERDEEN, Scotland — The National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB) has announced an exclusive partnership with MicroBioLogics, St. Cloud, Minn. This collaboration makes MicroBioLogics the exclusive provider of biological materials derived from NCIMB original cultures for quality control of microbiology products, laboratory personnel and laboratory processes in clinical diagnostic, industrial microbiology and research laboratories around the world.

In turn, NCIMB is the first supplier to join the MicroBioLogics License and Supply Program (LSP), a program that allows MicroBioLogics customers to choose from a broad selection of microorganisms derived from a variety of respected culture collections.

NCIMB and MicroBioLogics combine their quality system credentials to provide the end users with assurance of quality and traceability with decades of proven methods, technologies, certifications and worldwide customer acceptance. Also, this exclusive partnership with NCIMB will benefit MicroBioLogics customers worldwide through continued fast and efficient service and verifiable quality at a lower net cost and a higher net value, the companies said.

“Our new exclusive agreement with NCIMB will provide alternative reference materials to our customers around the world,” said MicroBioLogics Chief Executive Officer, Robert C. Coborn. “Our 125 distributor partners service all microbiology markets including water, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, consumer products, clinical, education and proficiency testing.”

MicroBioLogics has been producing and providing reference stock cultures for 26 years, and has more than12,000 registered customers in more than 100 counties.

Dr. Peter Green, Curator of NCIMB said, “NCIMB is a professional microbiology company. We have built and managed the largest industrial, marine and food culture collection in the UK since the 1950’s. In addition, we have provided a comprehensive range of commercial microbiology services to multiple companies in diverse industries since 1983. We produce a wide range of microorganisms for research, teaching and quality control purposes. We preserve and store microorganisms according to the high standards expected of a major international culture collection.”

“NCIMB now manages nearly 8,000 strains, many unique to us, and we are continuously expanding through the acquisition of private collections and new accessions,” Green added.

NCIMB is a member of CABRI (Common Access to Biological Resources and Information).