NCTC Products
The NCTC comprises over 5500 bacterial cultures and over 100 mycoplasmas.
Restrictions on the supply of highly pathogenic bacteria exist - Individuals and organisations must be registered with us to access restricted items.
Authorisation to access restricted pathogens registration form
New bacteria strains
Bacterial DNA
Antimicrobial resistance
Control strains
Anaerobe type strains
Clostridium difficile
Bacteriophages
World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
NCTC 3000 Project
O104:H4 Shiga-toxic Escherichia coli
The National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) has many bacterial strains equivalent to the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) bacterial strains.
Each NCTC bacterial strain catalogue entry has 'Other collection no.' information which shows the equivalent strain number in other collections.
Explore our catalogue for ATCC equivalents or download the reference document here