NCIMB Ltd is an innovation-driven biotechnology company that houses the UK's largest bacterial culture collection -  a invaluable genetic resource for industry and the research community. We supply strains from our culture collection for research and commercial use, and offer a trusted range of microbial identification, next generation sequencing, chemical analysis, ecotoxicity, and biological material storage services from our purpose-built, Aberdeen-based laboratories.

Our customers include some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical manufacturers as well as household names in food, drink and energy production. We also work with universities, research institutes, small companies and start-ups.

Our services are used in quality control procedures, research and development projects, intellectual property protection and compliance with environmental regulations. We can work with you to support and de-risk your process and product development.

Whoever we are working with and whatever product or service we are providing, we pride ourselves on delivering high levels of customer service.

Our feedback tells us that customers value our high levels of customer service, including fast turnaround times, excellent quality control and attention to detail. We surveyed our customers anonymously to find out why they chose and continued to use NCIMB. The quotes below are examples of the feedback that we received.