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

Featured Product/Service:

Mass Culturing

Do you need milligrams to grams or more of algal biomass?

Featured Strain:

CCMP3417 Haematococcus sp.

Haematococcus is a freshwater strain of green algae in the Haematococcoceae family of the order Volvocales. The strain often occurs in temporary rather than permanent bodies of water.

Featured Paper:

Scaling Up Production of Astaxanthin

Life cycle assessment of the production of the red antioxidant carotenoid astaxanthin by microalgae: from lab to pilot scale

Latest News & Announcements

NCMA Culturing Tip #1

New in 2015:

Each month the NCMA will publish an algal culturing tip. Click below to read NCMA Culturing Tip #1.

A field trip to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is part of the Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition (NACE), a three-day event bringing together those involved in Gulf of Maine aquaculture to find ways to move the industry forward. About twenty aquaculture leaders will tour the Bigelow Laboratory facility with Dr. Michael Lomas, director of the National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, and Dr. Peter Countway, associate director for Algae and Protozoa.

NCMA at Bigelow Laboratory - Culturing Diversity

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