# Microbial Culture Collection

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{{Short description|Microbial culture collection in Pune, India}}
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The '''Microbial Culture Collection''' (now called the '''National Centre for Microbial Resource''', '''NCMR''') is a microbial culture collection centre in [Pune](/source/Pune), India. The facility acts as a national depository, supplying authentic microbial cultures and providing related services to research institutions, universities, industries and the scientific community in general. It is funded by the [Department of Biotechnology](/source/Department_of_Biotechnology) (DBT).

The MCC is affiliated to the [National Centre for Cell Science](/source/National_Centre_for_Cell_Science) (NCCS). It is also an affiliate member of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC) and is registered with the [World Data Centre for Microorganisms](/source/World_Data_Centre_for_Microorganisms) (WDCM) under registration number 930.

The MCC has a status of [International Depositary Authority](/source/International_Depositary_Authority) (IDA), certified in April 2011 by the [World Intellectual Property Organization](/source/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization) (WIPO) in Switzerland, as well as by the [World Federation for Culture Collections](/source/World_Federation_for_Culture_Collections) (WFCC). The deposit of microorganisms is recognized under the [Budapest Treaty](/source/Budapest_Treaty) to fulfill the requirement of patent procedure in 55 member countries.{{Clarification needed|date=July 2023}}

The MCC scientists are actively involved in the research programmes relating to [microbial diversity](/source/microbial_diversity), [metagenomics](/source/metagenomics), [ecology](/source/ecology) and [taxonomy](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)), using both classical and molecular approaches.

==Objectives==
* Isolation and identification of [microorganisms](/source/microorganisms) from various environmental niches.
* Preservation of microbial [biodiversity](/source/biodiversity) from niche areas as [metagenomic](/source/metagenomic) libraries.
* Development of new strategies for isolation of "not yet cultured" [microbes](/source/microbes).
* To provide consultation services for patent deposits, preservation, propagation, bio-deterioration, industrial problems, [biosystematics](/source/biosystematics) and microbial biodiversity issues etc.
* To establish and conduct [workshop](/source/workshop)s, [seminar](/source/seminar)s, [symposia](/source/Academic_conference) and training programmes in the area of [microbial identification](/source/microbial_identification), preservation and advanced areas of [microbial taxonomy](/source/microbial_taxonomy) and [phylogeny](/source/phylogeny).

==See also==
* [European Culture Collections' Organisation](/source/European_Culture_Collections'_Organisation) (ECCO), Denmark
* [German Resource Centre for Biological Material](/source/Deutsche_Sammlung_von_Mikroorganismen_und_Zellkulturen) (DSMZ), Germany
* [Culture Collection, University of Göteborg](/source/Culture_Collection%2C_University_of_G%C3%B6teborg) (CCUG), Sweden
* [American Type Culture Collection](/source/American_Type_Culture_Collection) (ATCC), United States
* [Japan Collection of Microorganisms](/source/Japan_Collection_of_Microorganisms) (JCM), Japan
* [World Federation for Culture Collections](/source/World_Federation_for_Culture_Collections) (WFCC)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ncccc.in/ National College Culture Collection Centre]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002143924/http://www.nccs.res.in/mcc/index.html National Centre For Cell Science]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100825152544/http://www.wfcc.info/index.html WFCC]
* [http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20080315102519/http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp/ WFCC-MIRCEN World Data Centre for Microorganisms]
* [http://www.cabri.org/ CABRI]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818030506/http://www.iccc11.de/ International Congress of Culture Collections]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110924190612/http://iata.com/ The International Air Transport Association]
* [http://www.eccosite.org/ ECCO (European Culture Collection Organisation)]

Category:Culture collections
Category:Microbiology organizations
Category:Biotechnology in India

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