Seventy years ago today, on the 1st of July 1950, the creation of a National Collection of Industrial Bacteria was announced in Nature. The collection took over the non-pathogenic cultures held by the National Collection of Type Cultures, and was reported to house some 350 types. The number was expected to increase considerably as the collection became more representative of the needs of industry. This collection went on to merge with the National Collections of Marine, and then Food Bacteria to create the collection that NCIMB curates today. We now …
NCIMB celebrates World Microbiome Day
The first World Microbiome Day is on the 27 June 2018 with the theme “mind our microbes”. World Microbiome Day aims to encourage researchers around the world to spread the message of the importance of microbiomes. The microbiome is defined as the community of microorganisms that live in a particular environment. People are often unaware that bacteria form complex, interacting communities as much of the focus on bacteria is when a species is singled out as a dangerous pathogen. The reality is that we all live with a synergistic, supportive …
NCIMB appoints bioinformatics expert
NCIMB is delighted to welcome Dr. Daniel Swan in a new role as Bioinformatics Delivery Manager. Daniel is responsible the delivery and continued development of NCIMB’s bioinformatics services and comes directly from running one of the UK’s largest genomics facilities. His expertise is the analysis of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data which is revolutionising our understanding of microbial communities and environmental microbiology. Commenting on his appointment Daniel said: “NGS has an exciting role to play in realising the full potential of NCIMB’s culture collection, offering both industry and academic researchers a …
How microbially influenced corrosion has influenced NCIMB
The National Collection of Industrial Food and Marine Bacteria includes more than 10000 environmentally and industrially important bacteria, such as those used in food manufacture or nutrient cycling, as well as a number of species and strains that cause problems for the oil and gas industry, through their role in microbially influenced corrosion and reservoir souring. Since NCIMB is attending the Reservoir Microbiology Forum this week, we thought we would take a look back at how the work we have done to help the oil and gas industry tackle these …
Recent deposits to the National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria
Four novel species of methylotrophs have been added to the National Collection of Industrial Food and Marine Bacteria. They are NCIMB 15078 Methyloceanibacter methanicus; NCIMB 15077 Methyloceanibacter stevinii; NCIMB 15076 Methyloceanibacter superfactus and NCIMB 15075 Methyloceanibacter marginalis. The four type strains were deposited by Bran Vekeman from the Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Gent. They were isolated from North Sea sediment. Marine methylotrophs play a key role in the carbon cycle by metabolizing reduced one-carbon compounds that are found in high concentrations in marine environments. More information about the new species can be found in the paper: Vekeman …
Microbe of the month: NCIMB 14238 Shewanella Candadensis (HAW-EB2T)
Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) is a military explosive that is a common soil and groundwater contaminant at facilities that manufacture, handle, and dispose of munitions. The chemical is reported to pose a significant risk to human health and consequently there has been interest in the biodegradation of RDX and the bacteria involved. NCIMB 14238 Shewanella candadensis (HAW-EB2T) is one of a number of different species and strains that have been found to degrade RDX. This strain was added to the NCIMB reference collection in 2006, after it was isolated from marine sediment …
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