National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms
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The National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM) is an Indian Government organized microbial culture repository located in NCL, Pune
, in western India. It is basically a non-profit organization which serves as a repository for isolation, preservation and distribution of industrially important cultures based on scientifically published articles. It was established in the year 1951 and claims to be the oldest and biggest culture repository in India
. Initially it started with 400 cultures, as of April 2010, NCIM maintains over 3700 non-pathogenic pure cultures.
NCIM is a member of World Federation for Culture Collections
(WFCC) and has an online search-able database and strains.
National Chemical Laboratory
The National Chemical Laboratory is an Indian government laboratory based in Pune, in western India.Popularly known as NCL, a constituent member of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research India, it was established in 1950. There are approximately 200 scientific staff working here...
, in western India. It is basically a non-profit organization which serves as a repository for isolation, preservation and distribution of industrially important cultures based on scientifically published articles. It was established in the year 1951 and claims to be the oldest and biggest culture repository in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Initially it started with 400 cultures, as of April 2010, NCIM maintains over 3700 non-pathogenic pure cultures.
NCIM is a member of World Federation for Culture Collections
World Federation for Culture Collections
The World Federation for Culture Collections is an international body formed under the umbrella of the International Union of Biological Sciences and a Federation within the International Union of Microbiological Societies....
(WFCC) and has an online search-able database and strains.