Services by Industry

NCIMB provides specialist products and services to protect your business and support innovation. We provide  packages of services tailored to industry-specific requirements.

At NCIMB we have extensive experience of working with companies and organisations from a different industry sectors including: pharmaceutical, oil & gas; food, drink & supplements; research & academia; plant breeders, and environmental services.

We provide specialist microbiology, analytical and biological material storage services to support our customers in their quality control procedures, research and development projects, intellectual property protection and compliance with environmental regulations.

We work closely with our customers to ensure that our products and services are tailored to their specific industry's requirements, and our customers tell us that they value our great customer management and communication, fast turnaround times, reliability and trusted quality standards.

Please use the links below to find out more about the services we provide for your industry sector or contact us for more information about how we can help you.

Pharmaceutical and Personal Care

Pharmaceutical and Personal Care

NCIMB provides a range of products and services tailored to the requirements of pharmaceutical microbiologists.
Oil and Gas

Oil and Gas

NCIMB's oilfield services can help you to assess the risk of microbially influenced corrosion and ensure your operations comply with environmental regulations.
Food, Drink and Supplements

Food, Drink and Supplements

As custodian of the National Collection of Industrial Food and Marine Bacteria, NCIMB has been providing specialist microbiology products and services to the food, drinks and supplements sector for decades.
Research and Academia

Research and Academia

The National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria plays an integral part in many research and development projects within industry and academia. We have drawn on decades of experience to develop a range of services in response to the needs of our customers.
Agriculture

Agriculture

NCIMB is an International Depositary Authority under the Budapest Treaty and stores seeds for patenting purposes. We also offer a package of strain characterisation services for animal feed additives.
Environmental Services

Environmental Services

We undertake ecotoxicity testing using our multispecies microbial tests.