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Consultancy Services

The Bureau is providing contract services for molecular identification and DNA fingerprinting services to the entrepreneurs/individuals for the microbial strains registered and to be registered as biopesticides. This identification service helps Central Insecticide Board in authentication of the product for farmers and is significantly cutting the time taken for registration of biopesticides by the CIB&RC. Till now, the Bureau has identified and developed DNA fingerprints for about 500 strains. The rates for the services are:

Service fee

 

Service

Fees

A

DNA fingerprinting and identification of the biopesticide strains to be registered under CIB&RC

1.

DNA fingerprinting and identification

Rs. 20000/ per sample

B

Services for identification of microorganisms

 

Service

Fees

1.

Identification of bacteria/actinomycetes
(16S rRNA gene based)

Rs. 6000/ per sample$

2.

Identification of fungi (ITS gene based)

Rs. 8000/ per sample$

3

Cyanobacteria
(Axenic culture in plates or DNA provided)* $

Rs. 10000/ per sample*$

4

Multi Locus Sequence Typing

Rs. 50000/ per sample [(3-5 genes per sample]

5

Whole genome Sequencing

Rs. 100,000/ per sample

 

Conditions:

* Identification will be done using cyanobacteria specific primers (Nubel et al., 1997). In case of complete 16S rRNA gene or any other gene-based identification, additional fees will be charged.

$Additional fees of Rs. 2000/- will be charged for Phylogenetic tree construction.

Students/research scholars can avail a rebate of 50% on the fees for identification of bacteria/fungi/cyanobacteria upon furnishing the requests recommended by the HoD/Dean. Acceptance or refusal of such requests will be sole discretion of the Director, ICAR-NBAIM, Mau