Aquapharm's culture collection represents a global snap-shot of the ocean's microbial diversity.

To ensure it has captured the incredible diversity of the marine environment, Aquapharm has sampled ecological habitats ranging from shallow brackish waters off the UK coast to the cold oceanic depths of the Arctic Sea as well as both tropical and sub-tropical locations.

The company has been able to culture previously unculturable microbes, expanding on the number of strains that could typically be obtained from a standard sample, and has built a substantial and productive collection of over 8,750 marine bacteria and fungi, containing more than 30% of new species and genera. This microbial collection is central to the company's discovery activities and is continually being added to through additional sampling missions.

Aquapharm's microbial database contains information on the source location, culture conditions, chemistry and activity profile which allows for the intelligent selection of the most suitable microbes for a biological activity of interest.