The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) is located within the Scottish Association for Marine Science campus on the Dunstaffnage peninsula near Oban on the scenic west coast of Scotland.
It is a component of the UK's scientific infrastructure and is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as a national service culture collection, or Biological Resource Centre (BRC), providing cultures (cyanobacterial, protistan, macro-algal), bioinformatic data, services and advice to the scientific community world-wide.
The Collection is currently working towards implementing Quality Management Standard ISO 9001:2015.
For potential depositors whose isolates fall within the scope of the Nagoya Protocol, read our new advice here, and our information page on the Nagoya Protocol here.
Depositors have a responsibility to show due diligence to determine if the material to be deposited is within the scope of the Nagoya Protocol.
The UK may leave the EU on 31st October, at this point we don't know for certain if shipping will be impacted and if there will be delays or tariffs payable. We are doing what we can to ensure we will be supplying the correct documentation using the information available to us.
New paper: Underpinning the Development of Seaweed Biotechnology: Cryopreservation of Brown Algae (
Pre-made sterile media - at present pre-made media cannot be ordered via the website - you can still order by contacting us directly at 
We supply an Algal Culture Kit for Schools, click for further details.
