1. Collection

Registered Number	135
Acronym	NBIMCC
Full Name	National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Institution	University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy
ISO Standard	ISO 9001:2008

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Ms. Snezhana Dimitrova
Postal Address	49 St Kliment Ohridski blvd., bild. 3,Sofia,Sofia,1756
Country	Bulgaria
Telephone 1	(359) 2-872 08 65
Fax 1	(359) 2-872 08 65
E-mail 1	nbimcc@nbimcc.org
E-mail 2	info@nbimcc.org
Homepage	http://www.nbimcc.org

3. Status of the collection

Status	Governmental
	University

4. Sponsors and budget

Sponsor

Government

5. Personnel

Director	Ms. Snezhana Dimitrova
Curator	Ms. Snezhana Dimitrova (Cryobiology)
	Assoc. Prof. Angela Yordanova (Bacteria, Plant viruses, Plasmid-bearing microorganisms)
	Ms. Marina Nesheva (Bacteria, Animal cell lines, Animal viruses)
	Ms. Irena Savova (Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi)
	Ms. Stanka Stefanova (Bacteria)
Number of Staff	Bacteriology (5) Virology (2) Mycology (1) Assistants (2) Cryobiology and freeze-drying (1) Administrators (4) Patent service, public relations, sales, database (2) Technical support (2) Common service (2) Total (21)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Biochemistry
	Culture and preservation methods
	Freeze drying
	General microbiology
	Medical microbiology
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Patent and safe deposit
	Plant viruses
	Animal cell cultures
	Animal viruses

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi, Plant viruses, Animal viruses)
	Liquid N2(Yeasts, Fungi, Bacteria, Plant viruses, Animal viruses, Animal cell lines)
Control of the culture	Microorganisms: check for viability, purity, species identity by commercial kits; other biochemical analysis in some cases
	Animal cell lines: chek for viability, growth and microbial/viral contamination; isoenzyme analysis in some cases
	Animal viruses: check for cytopathic effect on cell lines and microbial contamination
	Plant viruses: check for infectivity and symptoms on indicator plants; serological tests in some cases
Deposit	to your collection
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from	Isolation by ourselves
	From the collections in our country
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Bacteria	5727	1384	24	24
	Fungi	485	245
	Yeasts	693	334
	Cell lines: animal	125	57
	Hybridomas: animal	41	41
	Viruses: animal	63	34
	Viruses: plants	95	52
	Plasmid-bearing bacteria	330	32

Number of strains last year	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)		Microbes distributed (total number)/(in your country)
	Bacteria	5703	1360	31	8	380	380
	Fungi	485	245	2	2	23	19
	Yeasts	693	334	1	1	42	42
	Cell lines: animal	125	57			11	11
	Hybridomas: animal	41	41
	Viruses: animal	137	47
	Viruses: plants	95	52	1	1
	Plasmid-bearing bacteria	330	32			2	2

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability	free to other culture collections
	exchange with other culture collections
	fee for microorganisms: EUR 10 - 40
	fee for animal cell lines: EUR 100 - 140

9. Catalogue

Catalogue	Online Catalogue http://www.nbimcc.org/cat/nbimcc_catalogue.html
	Updated annually

10. Services

Services	Patent deposits(Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi, Animal and Plant viruses, Animal Cell lines, Plasmid- bearing bacteria)
	Storage service(Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi, Animal and Plant viruses, Animal Cell lines, Plasmid- bearing bacteria)
	Distribution(Bacteria, Yeasts, Fungi, Animal and Plant viruses, Animal Cell lines, Plasmid- bearing bacteria)
Training	Culture and preservation methods
Consulation about	Patent deposits
	Preservation
	Propagation
	Shipment regulations
	In case of receiving a culture from other collections
Other Service	Conservation and preservation of different biological objects

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1986-01-08
Date of Reply	2015-04-03

12. Strains

Bacteria Celllines_animal Fungi Viruses_animal Viruses_plants Yeasts