National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria – NCPPB
October 16, 2023Collection Website
Organizational structure
Government Agency
Collection Institution/Entity
Fera Science Ltd
Collection Contact
Andrew Aspin
Position of Collection contact
Curator
Collection Email
Collection Phone
+44 (0) 1904 462344
Collection can be contacted
Yes
- Has continued institutional support
- Interested in Culture Collections Exchange
- Interested in working with samples from different repositories
- Interested in Collaborative Programs
- Collection contains reference strains
- Ability to accept orphan collections
- Collection contains sequencing data
Collection Category
Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)
Capacity to accept orphan collections
Case by case basis but no more than 1000.
Collection follows best management practice guideline
OECD Best Practices Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (https://www.oecd.org/health/biotech/oecdbestpracticeguidelinesforbiologicalresourcecentres.htm), World Federation for Culture Collections Guidelines (http://www.wfcc.info/guidelines/)
Organisms in Collection
Bacteria
Reference strains in collection
We house type strains and reference strains of plant pathogenic bacteria used worldwide.
Sequencing data in collection
WGS
Training opportunities provided by Collection
Does not provide training
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
Mostly Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK govt)
Availability and distribution mechanisms
Fee per strain for distribution, Culture exchange
Services provided by Collection
Strain isolation/taxonomic identification, Custom material preparation (such as genomic DNA/RNA), Consulting
Consultations provided by Collection
Preservation, Shipment regulations, Plant quarantine
Host Associations in Collection
Grain crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Other Plants
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture, Culture and preservation methods, Freeze drying and cryopreservation, General microbiology, Plant pathology, Systematics and taxonomy