NCMA (Formerly the CCMP) - The National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota

Blue Biotechnology: Harnessing the ocean's potential to benefit society.
Culturing Diversity
Promoting the development of viable commercial markets for renewable and sustainable commodities derived from algae
Maintaining the largest and most diverse collection of publicly available marine strains in the world
A biological resource that drives one of the great engines of planetary control