| Registered Number | 775 |
| Acronym | NCDC |
| Full Name | National Collection of Dairy Cultures |
| Institution | National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (India) |
| Correspondent | Assoc.Prof. Rameshwar Singh |
| Postal Address | D. M. Division, National Dairy Research Institute,,KARNAL,Haryana,132001 |
| Country | India |
| Telephone 1 | (91) 184-2259008 |
| Telephone 2 | (91) 184-2259198 |
| Fax 1 | (91) 184-2250042 |
| E-mail 1 | rsndri@gmail.com |
| E-mail 2 | registrar.ndri@gmail.com |
| Homepage | http://www.ndri.res.in/ |
| Status | ICAR |
| Sponsor | N.D.R.I, Karnal (Haryana) |
| ICAR, New Delhi |
| Director | Prof. Anil Kumar Srivastava |
| Curator | Assoc. Prof. Rameshwar Singh (Curator) |
| Assoc. Prof. Raghvenddra Pratap Singh (Technical officer) | |
| Number of Staff |
Bacteriology (2) Assistants (2) Attendants (2) Total (6) |
| Subjects | Food science |
| Applied microbiology | |
| Culture and preservation methods | |
| Applied microbiology | |
| Freeze drying | |
| General microbiology | |
| Dairy Microbiology |
| Method and category of cultures | Freeze-dry(Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Dairy Starter Cultures) | ||||
| Freezer(Bacteria, Dairy Starter Cultures) | |||||
| Microdrying(Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts) | |||||
| Under Mineral oil(Fungi) | |||||
| Control of the culture | viability | ||||
| vacuum testing of ampoules | |||||
| key tests (biochemical and physiological) | |||||
| Morphology | |||||
| Deposit | Mainly to our collection | ||||
| Mainly to collections in our country | |||||
| ATCC(U.S.A) | |||||
| MTCC(INDIA) | |||||
| NCTC (Fungi)(INDIA) | |||||
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from | Isolation by ourselves | ||||
| Personally from the scientists in our country | |||||
| From the collections in our country | |||||
| From the research institutions in our country | |||||
| the collection abroad | ATCC(U.S..A) | ||||
| the collection abroad | NCIMB(U.K) | ||||
| the research institution abroad | CSIRO(Australia) | ||||
| the research institution abroad | NIRD, Reading(U.K.) | ||||
| the research institution abroad | NZDRI(New Zealand) | ||||
| Number of Strains until now | Type | Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country) |
new species (total number)/(number from your country) |
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| Bacteria | 400 | 150 | |||
| Fungi | 15 | 5 | |||
| Yeasts | 20 | 6 | |||
| Dairy Starter Cultures | 25 | 0 | |||
| Number of strains last year | Type | Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country) |
new species (total number)/(number from your country) |
Microbes distributed (total number)/(in your country) |
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| Bacteria | |||||||
| Fungi | |||||||
| Yeasts | |||||||
| Dairy Starter Cultures | |||||||
| Availability | Free to NDRI Scientist & Students |
| Exchange with Culture Collections | |
| Exchange with Researchers | |
| Fee for Within India: Rs. 200/- per ampoule | |
| Fee for Outside India: US $ 20/- | |
| Fee for Courier Charges in India: Rs. 100 per order | |
| Fee for Courier Charges Outside India: Against Enquiry |
| Services | Distribution(Bacteria, Fungi, Yeasts, Dairy Starters) |
| Training | Culture and preservation methods |
| Quality control | |
| Use of computers in culture collections | |
| Preservation, propagation and Quality Control of Dairy Starter Cultures | |
| Preparation of Fermented Milks | |
| Consulation about | Preservation |
| Propagation | |
| Dairy products (Cheese and Fermented Milks) | |
| Dairy Starters | |
| Other Service | Freeze-drying of Customer's Cultures |
| Date of Entry | 1998-04-13 |
| Date of Reply | 2008-09-19 |
| Bacteria |