NZRM has expertise in the preservation and storage of a range of bacteria and provides advice on strain selection for your specific purposes. The NZRM holds bacterial strains that are of environmental and industrial relevance making us the local and most accessible supplier of control organisms to national and multinational companies within New Zealand. The NZRM is a member of the World Federation for Culture Collections.
Search through our Collection
Use our Online catalogue(external link) to search for cultures from the Culture Collection.
If you'd like to request a Culture from the Collection
Please complete this Request form [PDF, 484 KB] and read the conditions for the sale and supply of cultures.
If you'd like to deposit a Culture into the Collection
Please complete this Deposit form [PDF, 498 KB].
Contact us if you'd like some advice
culturecollection@esr.cri.nz
T: +64 4 914 0705
F: + 64 4 913 9609
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Conditions of sale and supply of NZRM micro-organisms

About the NZRM Culture Collection
Read more about the history of the Culture Collection and how it's used.

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