| Registered Number | 3 |
| Acronym | NCIM |
| Full Name | National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms |
| Institution | National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR) |
| Correspondent | D.V. Gokhale |
| Postal Address | Dr. Homi Bhabha Road,Pune,Maharashtra,411 008 |
| Country | India |
| Telephone 1 | (91) 20-25902670 |
| Telephone 2 | (91) 20-25902454 |
| Fax 1 | (91) 20-25902671 |
| E-mail 1 | ncim@ncl.res.in |
| Homepage | http://www.ncl-india.org/ncim/ |
| Status | Governmental |
| Sponsor | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),New Delhi |
| Director | Swaminathan Sivaram |
| Curator | Digambar Gokhale(Sientist In Charge) |
| Jayant Khire(Scientist) | |
| Swapan Roychoudhuri(Technical Staff) | |
| Sandhya Sudge(Technical Staff) | |
| Shalaka Gaikaiwari(Technical Staff) | |
| Shivani Chaudhari(Technical Staff) | |
| Number of Staff |
Algology(1) Bacteriology(2) Mycology(2) Others(2) |
| Subjects | Industrial microbiology |
| Applied microbiology | |
| Biochemistry | |
| General microbiology | |
| Microbial culture preservation | |
| Fermentation technology | |
| Strain improvement | |
| Enzyme technology |
| Method and category of cultures | Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Yeast & Fungi) | ||
| Subculturing(Algae, Bacteria, Yeast, Fungi) | |||
| Preservation under soil(Sporulating cultures) | |||
| Control of the culture | Microscopic studies | ||
| Biochemical tests for amino acids, vitamin & antibiotic assay | |||
| Number of Strains | Strain Name | total | country |
| Algae | 15 | 0 | |
| Bacteria | 1400 | 0 | |
| Fungi | 950 | 0 | |
| Yeasts | 600 | 0 | |
| Deposit | Mainly to our collection | ||
| Mainly to collections in our country | |||
| ATCC | |||
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from | Isolation by ourselves | ||
| Personally from the scientists in our country | |||
| From the collections in our country | |||
| From the research institutions in our country | |||
| the collection abroad | ATCC(USA) | ||
| the collection abroad | NCIB(UK) | ||
| the collection abroad | CMI(UK) | ||
| Availability | Free to Inhouse scientists |
| Exchange with Microbial Type Culture Collection, Chandigarh, India | |
| Exchange with ATCC, USA | |
| Fee for US$50/-per culture tube |
| Services | Patent deposits(Bacteria, Yeast, Fungi) |
| Storage services(Microbial strains) | |
| Distribution(Authentic cultures) | |
| Training | Management of a culture collection |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Consulation about | Preservation |
| Propagation | |
| Other Service | Distribution of authentic cultures |
| Depository | |
| Research & Development projects | |
| Microbiological sample testing |
| Date of Entry | 1981-10-16 |
| Date of Reply | 2008-10-22 |
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