National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC)
Welcome to the National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC), a Culture Collection of Public Health England.
About NCTC
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The collection comprises over 5,000 bacterial cultures and over 100 mycoplasmas.
You can either search the collection or browse by alphabetical listing.
Cultures are supplied as freeze-dried ampoules.
A selected range of cultures are also available as NCTC LENTICULE® Discs.
Strains grouped by specific characteristics
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Controls
Antimicrobial Resistance Reference Strains
Control strains for the microbiological testing of water samples for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Clostridium difficile Strains - Ribotype and Toxin Status
NCTC Reference Strains for Standards for Microbiology Investigations (UK-SMI)
World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM) Reference Strains available from NCTC
Services offered by NCTC
Contract Freeze-Drying
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