About Us

Philippine Network of Microbial Culture Collections, Inc. (PNMCC)
National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH)
University of the Philippines Los Baños College
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

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The PNMCC, Inc. is a network of culture collections in the Philippines. It is the inter-agency arm of the Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms (PNCM), the headquarters and the national repository of microorganisms in the country.

The Network was organized through the sponsorship of DOST-PCASTRD (currenlty known as DOST-PCIEERD) and initially composed of the following culture collections: Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms, UPLB, College, Laguna; UP Culture Collection, Natural Sciences Research Institute, UP Diliman, Quezon City; Bacterial Germplasm Collection, International Rice Research Institute, College, Laguna; and Microbial Culture Collection, Museum of Natural History, UPLB, College, Laguna and hereby referred to as the Network.

The general objectives of the Network shall be:

1. To provide a permanent secretariat for member Philippine mi- crobial culture collections and serve as a central contact point for Philippine scientists and any institution seeking advice and information on microbiological materials and on culture collec- tion-related matters;
2. To establish an effective liaison between individuals and organizations concerned with culture collections and among the users of the cultures;
3. To collect information on the strains and services offered by the various affiliated microbial culture collections;
4. To publicize the microbial resources and technical expertise within the affiliated microbial culture collections through printed and visual materials for distribution;
5. To lead in the standardization and upgrading of procedures for the isolation, characterization, conservation, distribution of microorganisms and biosafety through trainings and seminars;
6. To maintain and update PNMCC Directory of Strains that include location of, and information about, microorganisms maintained in affiliated microbial culture collections.