Reference Strains

Selectrol is a fully traceable and cost effective range of first generation micro-organisms which have predictable biochemical reactions, making it ideal for a variety of quality control and testing applications.

  • Quality control of culture media, staining reactions, biochemical profiling.
  • Determination of antibiotic concentrations in blood, serum or CSF samples.
  • Antibiotic susceptibility testing controls, whether by disc diffusion or serial dilution.

Selectrol is a first generation derivative of original stock cultures obtained exclusively from the National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) or National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi (NCPF)., produced by TCS Biosciences company. Where appropriate other international strain designations, such as the ATCC, are listed for reference purposes only.

Selectrol strains are presented as water-soluble freeze-dried discs with most strains being available in packs of 10 or 25 discs. Selectrol is versatile, and can be inoculated directly onto solid media or dissolved in an appropriate broth.

NCTC and NCPF are trademarks of Public Health England.
ATCC strains are listed for reference only.
ATCC is a registered trademark of the American Type Culture Collection.

 

Code Micro-organism Name Strain Designation WDCM Number No. Discs in Vial
MM25-10 Acinetobacter baumannii NCTC 12156 / ATCC® 19606 10
MM94-10 Aspergillus brasiliensis NCPF 2275 / ATCC® 16404 00053 10
MM21-10 Bacillus cereus NCTC 10320 / ATCC® 9634 00001 10
MM86-10 Bacillus cereus NCTC 7464 / ATCC® 10876 10
MM86-25 Bacillus cereus NCTC 7464 / ATCC® 10876 25
MM29-10 Bacillus subtilis NCTC 10400 / ATCC® 6633 00003 10
MM29-25 Bacillus subtilis NCTC 10400 / ATCC® 6633 00003 25
MM44-10 Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 / ATCC® 25285 10
MM70-10 Burkholderia cepacia NCTC 10661 / ATCC®17759 10
MM82-10 Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11322 / ATCC® 29428 00156 10
MM36-10 Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11351 / ATCC® 33560 10
MM28-10 Candida albicans NCPF 3255 / ATCC® 2091 00055 10
MM28-25 Candida albicans NCPF 3255 / ATCC® 2091 00055 25
MM42-10 Candida albicans NCPF 317.509 / ATCC® 10231 00054 10
MM42-25 Candida albicans NCPF 317.509 / ATCC® 10231 00054 25
MM69-10 Candida glabrata NCPF 3309 / ATCC® 2001 10
MM71-10 Candida guilliermondii NCPF 3099 / ATCC® 5276 10
MM53-10 Candida krusei NCPF 3953 / ATCC® 6258 10
MM72-10 Candida lusitaniae NCPF 3954 10
MM39-10 Candida parapsilosis NCPF 3104 / ATCC® 22019 10
MM27-10 Citrobacter freundii NCTC 9750 / ATCC® 8090 10
MM45-10 Clostridium perfringens NCTC 8237 / ATCC® 13124 00007 10
MM31-10 Clostridium sporogenes NCTC 532 / ATCC® 19404 00008 10
MM26-10 Enterobacter aerogenes NCTC 10006 / ATCC® 13048 00175 10
MM26-25 Enterobacter aerogenes NCTC 10006 / ATCC® 13048 00175 25
MM51-10 Enterobacter Cloacae NCTC 13406 10
MM01-10 Enterobacter cloacae NCTC 13380 / ATCC® 23355 00082 10
MM17-10 Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 775 / ATCC® 19433 00009 10
MM17-25 Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 775 / ATCC® 19433 00009 25
MM18-10 Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12697 / ATCC® 29212 00087 10
MM18-25 Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12697 / ATCC® 29212 00087 25
MM52-10 Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 13379 / ATCC® 51299 00085 10
MM35-10 Enterococcus hirae NCTC13383 /ATCC® 10541 00011 10
MM57-10 Escherichia coli (CRE) NCTC 13476 10
MM02-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 12241 / ATCC® 25922 00013 10
MM02-25 Escherichia coli NCTC 12241 / ATCC® 25922 00013 25
MM24-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 11954 / ATCC® 35218 10
MM24-25 Escherichia coli NCTC 11954 / ATCC® 35218 25
MM33-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 10536 / ATCC® 10536 10
MM33-25 Escherichia coli NCTC 10536 / ATCC® 10536 25
MM38-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 12923 / ATCC® 8739 00012 10
MM63-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 11560 10
MM63-25 Escherichia coli NCTC 11560 25
MM75-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 9001 / ATCC® 11775 00090 10
MM34-10 Escherichia coli (mcr-1) NCTC 13846 10
MM93-10 Escherichia coli O157 non-toxigenic NCTC 12900 / ATCC® 700728 00014 10
MM93-25 Escherichia coli O157 non-toxigenic NCTC 12900 / ATCC® 700728 00014 25
MM81-10 Haemophilus influenzae NCTC 12699 / ATCC® 49247 10
MM98-10 Haemophilus influenzae NCTC 11931 10
MM100-10 Haemophilus influenzae NCTC 8468 / ATCC® 9334 10
MM37-10 Haemophilus influenzae NCTC 12975 / ATCC® 49766 10
MM88-10 Raoultella planticola / Klebsiella aerogenes NCTC 9528 10
MM58-10 Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRE) NCTC 13438 10
MM55-10 Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRE) NCTC 13440 10
MM56-10 Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRE) NCTC 13443 10
MM59-10 Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRE) NCTC 13442 10
MM04-10 Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTC 9633 / ATCC® 13883 00097 10
MM04-25 Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTC 9633 / ATCC® 13883 00097 25
MM83-10 Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTC 13368 / ATCC® 700603 10
MM76-10 Lactobacillus brevis NCTC 13386 / ATCC® 8287 10
MM99-10 Legionella anisa NCTC 11974 / ATCC® 35292 00106 10
MM08-10 Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 NCTC 11192 / ATCC® 33152 00107 10
MM92-10 Listeria innocua NCTC 11288 / ATCC® 33090 00017 10
MM66-10 Listeria ivanovii NCTC 11007 / ATCC® 19119 00018 10
MM48-10 Listeria monocytogenes NCTC 7973 / ATCC® 35152 00109 10
MM48-25 Listeria monocytogenes NCTC 7973 / ATCC® 35152 00109 25
MM77-10 Listeria monocytogenes NCTC 13372 ATCC® 7644 10
MM87-10 Listeria monocytogenes NCTC 11994 00019 10
MM47-10 Listeria monocytogenes NCTC 10527 /ATCC® 13932 00021 10
MM67-10 Mycobacterium smegmatis NCTC 8159 /ATCC® 19420 10
MM05-5 Neisseria gonorrhoeae NCTC 8375 / ATCC® 19424 5
MM96-5 Neisseria gonorrhoeae NCTC 12700 / ATCC® 49226 5
MM43-10 Proteus mirabilis NCTC 13376 / ATCC® 14153 10
MM68-10 Proteus mirabilis NCTC 10975 10
MM22-10 Proteus mirabilis NCTC® 11938 00023 10
MM09-10 Proteus vulgaris NCTC 417.505 / ATCC® 13315 10
MM09-25 Proteus vulgaris NCTC 417.505 / ATCC® 13315 25
MM10-10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 12903 / ATCC® 27853 00025 10
MM10-25 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 12903 / ATCC® 27853 00025 25
MM40-10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 12924 / ATCC® 9027 00026 10
MM40-25 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 12924 / ATCC® 9027 00026 25
MM41-10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 13359 / ATCC® 15442 10
MM65-10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 10662 / ATCC® 25668 00114 10
MM97-10 Rhodococcus equi NCTC 1621 / ATCC® 6939 00028 10
MM73-10 Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCPF 3178 10
MM73-25 Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCPF 3178 25
MM50-10 Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCTC 10716 / ATCC® 9763 00058 10
MM84-10 Salmonella nottingham NCTC 7832 10
MM89-10 Salmonella poona NCTC 4840 10
MM89-25 Salmonella poona NCTC 4840 25
MM11-10 Salmonella typhimurium NCTC 12023/ ATCC® 14028 00031 10
MM11-25 Salmonella typhimurium NCTC 12023/ ATCC® 14028 00031 25
MM12-10 Serratia marcescens NCTC 13382 / ATCC® 8100 10
MM07-10 Shigella sonnei NCTC® 12984 10
MM13-10 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC12981 / ATCC® 25923 00034 10
MM13-25 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC12981 / ATCC® 25923 00034 25
MM14-10 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 12973 / ATCC® 29213 00131 10
MM14-25 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 12973 / ATCC® 29213 00131 25
MM30-10 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 7447 / ATCC® 6538P 00033 10
MM30-25 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 7447 / ATCC® 6538P 00033 25
MM46-10 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 10788 / ATCC® 6538 00032 10
MM46-25 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 10788 / ATCC® 6538 00032 25
MM64-10 Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) NCTC 12493 00212 10
MM85-10 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 6571 / ATCC® 9144 00035 10
MM91-10 Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) NCTC 13373 / ATCC® 43300 00211 10
MM15-10 Staphylococcus epidermidis NCTC 13360 / ATCC® 12228 00036 10
MM15-25 Staphylococcus epidermidis NCTC 13360 / ATCC® 12228 00036 25
MM16-10 Streptococcus agalactiae NCTC 8181 / ATCC® 13813 10
MM60-10 Strepococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis NCTC 13762 10
MM19-10 Streptococcus pneumoniae NCTC 12695 /ATCC® 6303 10
MM19-25 Streptococcus pneumoniae NCTC 12695 /ATCC® 6303 25
MM95-10 Streptococcus pneumoniae NCTC 12977 /ATCC® 49619 10
MM20-10 Streptococcus pyogenes NCTC 12696 /ATCC® 19615 10
MM20-25 Streptococcus pyogenes NCTC 12696 /ATCC® 19615 25
MM06-10 Vibrio parahaemolyticus NCTC 10885 00185 10
MM80-10 Yersinia enterocolitica NCTC 12982 / ATCC® 9610 00038 10
MM80-25 Yersinia enterocolitica NCTC 12982 / ATCC® 9610 00038 25
ATCC® equivalents are listed for reference only.
ATCC® is a registered trademark of the American Type Culture Collection.
NCTC® and NCPF® trademarks of Public Health England.