CABI Microbial Identification Service for Member Countries

As part of CABI's Member Country benefits, member countries in bands 1-4 (i.e. with a UN Index Number between 0 - 0.999) are entitled to free identifications of microbial samples. The free service provides specifically for identification of bacteria and fungi of agricultural/horticultural importance or origin, relating to food security or plant health, including quarantine organisms.  For more information on who is eligible for the service and how to submit samples, please use the links on the left hand side.

Within each qualifying Member Country, the free service is available to:

National and Regional Agricultural Research Centres
Government Institutions responsible for agriculture and food security
University Departments whose studies relate to agricultural research

A limited number of identifications can be provided under the scheme:

A maximmum of five samples per institution may be submitted at any one time
A maximum of ten samples per institution may be submitted in any one year

Currently, our Member Countries eligible for the free service are as follows:

Anguilla / Bahamas / Bangladesh / Bermuda / Botswana / British Virgin Islands / Brunei / Burundi / Chile / Colombia / Cote D’Ivoire / Cyprus / DPR Korea / Gambia / Ghana / Grenada / Guyana / India / Jamaica / Kenya / Malawi / Malaysia / Mauritius / Montserrat / Myanmar / Nigeria / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Rwanda / Sierra Leone / Solomon Islands / South Africa / Sri Lanka / St Helena / Tanzania / Trinidad / Uganda / Vietnam / Zambia / Zimbabwe