英国食品工业与海洋细菌菌种保藏中心NCIMB (National Collections of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacterial)  www.ncimb.com
NCIMB主要从事分类学、分子生物学的研究和采用冷冻干燥方法保藏菌种。该保藏中心保藏有细菌8500株，抗菌素70株。另外该中心提供如下服务：细菌、抗生素、质粒的分离；细菌（非致病细菌）的鉴定；保藏细菌、酵母、质粒等。 该中心保藏的菌种可出售。
NCIMB is a professional microbiology company. Since the 1940’s we have been building and managing what is now the largest industrial, marine and food culture collection in the UK. We have provided a comprehensive range of commercial microbiology services to diverse sectors within industry since 1983. Our services are all founded on our heritage of managing, understanding and exploiting bacteria for the commercial benefit of our customers. These services range from culture maintainence and preservation through microbiological and chemical identification and analysis, to the support of novel discovery research. We also pioneer cutting-edge multi-party microbiology R&D collaborations.