The biological resources preserved at KCTC for research purposes in biotechnology and relevant industries may be supplied on order. The one who wants to order must have appropriate knowledge about the culture and storage of the required strain as well as facilities needed for handling the strain. The biological resources are not supplied to an individual for safety regen, except for some special cases.

How to order General Microorganisms

Types of Distribution

After receiving the fee payment, most of the microorganism strains are supplied in freeze-dried form in an encapsulated pyrex ampoule. The microorganisms should be requested for distribution by the day before the day of delivery. The orders are sent every Monday and Thursday. Some microorganisms are supplied in an activated form (plate or slant culture) or in a frozen form (vial). An active culture requires one or two weeks of culture period following a distribution request.
* Please create a new account, submit an order request, and agree to MTA. When the MTA is concluded and payment is received, KCTC will distribute the culture(s).

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How to order Micro-algae

Types of Distribution

A microalgae is supplied in an activated form in a 50 mL conical tube containing a liquid medium. Approximately two weeks are required from request to distribution.
* Please create a new account, submit an order request, and agree to MTA. When the MTA is concluded and payment is received, KCTC will distribute the culture(s).

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How to order Animal and Plant Cell Lines

Types of Distribution

Animal and plant cell lines are supplied as a frozen cell line or a cultured cell line. A frozen cell line is supplied as frozen with dry ice. A cultured cell line may be supplied only by the request of a user, and approximately two weeks are needed from request to distribution.
* Please create a new account, submit an order request, and agree to MTA.
When the MTA is concluded and payment is received, KCTC will distribute the culture(s).

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Notes

The strain that you are supplied with should not be re-supplied to a third party.
For ampules or activated cultures, store the supplied biological resource in a refrigerator at 4℃. Before activation of animal cell lines, store the supplied biological resource in a liquid nitrogen tank. The survival test should be performed as early as possible after receiving the supplied biological resource. Re-distribution is not allowed after 30 days from the date of distribution.
To share the research results obtained by using the strain supplied by the KCTC, please give us the information about your research results, such as abstract or a copy of the article, patent application number, publication number, and international application number. The information will be provided to the microorganism KCTC or the microorganism strain database and added to the KCTC resources database.

STEP1. Request of Biological Resources

STEP2. Payment

STEP3. Delivery

If the supplied strain has a problem, please send us e-mail at (isales@kribb.re.kr)
(KCTC usually supplies reliable biological resources. If the supplied strain has a problem - broken ampoules, contaminated samples, or inactivated culture - please inform us within 30 days.)

A claim will not be accepted if a strain fails to grow due to a user’s error (pollution by a user’s mistake, errors in the choice of medium or other environment conditions). If the strain is found to be normal by KCTC’s inspection, the claim will not be accepted. In such a case, please request a strain distribution again