About UTEX




UTEX Culture Collection of Algae | Fall 2019

[Front Row/Left-to-right] - Catherine Goss (UTEX Business Manager), Dr. David Nobles, Jr. (UTEX Curator), Dr. Schonna Manning, Reuben Gol


[Back Row/Left-to-right] - Robert Bailey, Stephen Peña (UTEX Culture Collection Manager), Charleen Ta, Jessica Ngo, Dr. Katherine Perri

(Not Pictured: Dr. Matt Ashworth, Merlin Bijoy, Kim Ly, Tracey Zuo, Karlin Havlak, Jian Gao)


Dr. David R. Nobles, Jr.

UTEX Curator

Selected Publications

Cole G, Greene J, Quinn J, McDaniel B, Kemp L, Simmons D, Hodges T, Nobles D, Weiss T, McGowen J, McDaniel S. (2023) Integrated techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a novel algae-based coating for direct air carbon capture and equestration. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 69:102421. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2023.102421. 

Gao S, Pittman K, Edmundson E, Huesemann M, Greer M, Louie W, Chen P, Nobles D, Benemann J, Crowe B. (2023) A newly isolated alkaliphilic cyanobacterium for biomass production with direct air CO2 capture. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 69:102399. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2023.102399.

Nelson DR, Hazzouri KM, Lauersen KL, Jaiswal A, Chaiboonchoe A, Mystikou A, Fu W, Daakour S, Dohai B, Alzahmi A, Nobles D, Hurd M, Sexton J, Preston MJ, Blanchette J, Lomas MW, Amiri KMA, Salehi-Ashtiani K. (2021) Large-scale genome sequencing reveals the driving forces of viruses in microalgal evolution. Cell Host & Microbe 29(2):250-266.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.12.005. 

Yamagishi T, Yamaguchi H, Suzuki S, Yoshikawa M, Jameson I, Lorenz M, Nobles DR, Campbell C, Seki M, Kawachi M, Yamamoto H. (2020) Comparative genome analysis of test algal strain NIVA-CHL1 (Raphidocelis subcapitata) maintained in microalgal culture collections worldwide. PLoS One 15(11):e0241889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241889. PMID: 33166324.

Boundy-Mills K, McCluskey K, Elia P, Glaeser JA, Lindner DL, Nobles DR Jr, Normanly J, Ochoa-Corona FM, Scott JA, Ward TJ, Webb KM, Webster K, Wertz JE. (2019) Preserving U.S. Microbe Collections Sparks Future Discoveries. J Appl Microbiol. (2):162-174. doi: 10.1111/jam.14525. Epub 2019 Dec 12. PMID: 31758754; PMCID: PMC7383923.

McInnis B, Hurt J, McDaniel S, Kemp L, Hodges Y, Nobles D. (2019) Carbon Capture Coatings: Proof Of Concept Results And Call To Action. Coatings World. 24(7):82-91.

Aly M, Selahi A, Zoromba M, Mekki L, El-Bana M, Dosoky N, Nobles D, Shafik H. (2019) A droplet-based gradient microfluidic to monitor and evaluate the growth of Chlorella vulgaris under different levels of nitrogen and temperatures. Algal Res 44: 101657.

Saad M, Dosoky N, Khan M, Zoromba M, Mekki L, El-Bana M, Nobles D, Shafik H. (2019) High-Throughput Screening of Chlorella Vulgaris Growth Kinetics inside a Droplet-Based Microfluidic Device under Irradiance and Nitrate Stress Conditions. Biomolecules. 9(7): pii: E276.

Nobles D, Manning S. 2019. Extraction and Characterization of Lipids from Macroalgae in Microbial Lipid Production: Methods and Protocols. Springer, New York, p 131.

Yang Y, Lam V, Adomako M, Simkovsky R, Jakobj A, Rockwelle N, Cohena S, Taton A, Wang J, Lagariase J, Wilde A, Nobles D, Brand J, Golden S. (2018) Phototaxis in a wild isolate of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus. PNAS 115(52):E12378-E12387.

Manning S, Nobles D. (2017) Impact of Global Warming on Water Toxicity: Cyanotoxins, Current Opinion in Food Science. Elsevier, 18:14.

McCluskey K, Barker KB, Barton H, Boundy-Mills K, Brown DR, Coddington J, Cook K, Desmeth P, Dias M, Duke C, Geiser D, Glaeser JA, Green S, Kang S, Lomas M, Melcher U, Miller S, Nobles D, Reichman J, Schindel D, da Silva M, Wertz J, Withworth C, Smith D. (2017) The US Culture Collection Network responding to the requirements of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing. mBio 8:e00982-17.

McCluskey K, Alvarez A, Bennett R, Bokati D, Boundy Mills K, Brown D, Bull C, Coffey M, Dreaden T, Duke C, Dye G, Ehmke E, Eversole K, Fenstermacher K, Geiser D, Hanser K, Humber R, Johnson B, Kermode A, Krichevsky M, Laudon M, Leach J, Leslie J, May M, Mecher U, Nobles D, Fonseca N, Robinson S, Ryan M, Scott J, Silflow C, Vidaver A, Webb K, Wertz J, Yentsch S, Zehr S. (2016) The US Culture Collection Network lays the foundation for progress in preservation of valuable microbial resources. Phytopathology. 106(6):532-40.

Boundy-Mills K, Hess M, Bennett AR, Ryan M, Kang S, Nobles D, Eisen JA, Inderbitzin P, Sitepu IR, Torok T, Brown DR, Cho J, Wertz JE, Mukherjee S, Cady SL, McCluskey K. (2015) The United States Culture Collection Network (USCCN): Enhancing Microbial Genomics Research through Living Microbe Culture Collections. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(17): 5671.

Higgins B, Nobles D, Ma Y, Wikoff W, Kind T, Fiehn O, Brand J, VanderGheynst J. (2015) Informatics for improved algal taxonomic classification and research: a case study of UTEX 2341. Algal Research. 12: 545.

McCluskey K, Bates S, Boundy-Mills K, Broggiato A, Cova A, Desmeth P, DebRoy C, Fravel D, Garrity G, Jiménez Gasco M, Joseph L, Linder D, Lomas M, Morton J, Nobles D, Turner J, Ward T, Wertz J, Wiest A, and Geiser D. (2014) Meeting Report: 2nd Workshop of the United States Culture Collection Network. May 19-21, 2014, State College, PA, USA. Standards in Genomic Sciences 9(1):27.

Brand J, Nobles D, Andersen R. (2013) Maintenance of Microalgae in Culture Collections in Handbook of microalgal culture: applied phycology and biotechnology. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, p 80.

Nobles D and Brown R. (2009) Transgenic expression of Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC 53582 cellulose synthase genes in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis strain UTCC 100. Cellulose 15: 691.

Monteiro C, Saxena I, Wang X, Kader A, Bokranz W, Simm R, Nobles D, Chromek M, Brauner A, Brown RM Jr, Römling U. (2009) Characterization of cellulose production in Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 and its biological consequences. Environmental Microbiology 11:1105.

Nobles D and Brown R. (2007) Many Paths up the Mountain: Tracking the Evolution of Cellulose Biosynthesis, Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology. Springer, The Netherlands, p 1.

Nobles D and Brown R. (2004) The Pivotal Role of Cyanobacteria in the Evolution of Cellulose Synthases and Cellulose Synthase-Like Proteins. Cellulose, 11: 437.

Nobles D, Romanovicz D, Brown R. (2001) Cellulose in the Cyanobacteria. Origin of Vascular Plant Cellulose Synthase? Plant Physiology, 127:529.

Dr. Matt P. Ashworth

Selected Publications

Patricia A. Sims, Matt P. Ashworth, Edward C. Theriot & Schonna R. Manning. 2023. Molecular and morphological analysis of Biddulphia sensu lato: a new diagnosis of Biddulphia, with a description of the new genera Biddulphiella and Neobrightwellia. Marine Micropaleontology 178: 102186. DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102186 

Christopher S. Lobban, Matt P. Ashworth, Terance Camacho, Daryl W. Lam & Edward
C. Theriot. 2022. Revision of Ardissoneaceae (Bacillariophyta, Mediophyceae) from Micronesian populations, with descriptions of two new genera, Ardissoneopsis
and Grunowago, and new species in Ardissonea, Synedrosphenia and Climacosphenia. PhytoKeys. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.208.89913.

Shiho Kamakura, Matt Ashworth, Kazumasa Yamada, Daichi Mikami, Atsushi Kobayashi, Masahiko Idei & Shinya Sato. 2022. Morphological plasticity in response to salinity change in a the euryhaline diatom Pleurosira laevis (Bacillariophyta). Journal of Phycology. Online Early View. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13277

Matt P. Ashworth, Roksana Majewska, Thomas Frankovich, Michael Sullivan, Sunčica Bosak, Klara Filek, Bart Van de Vijver, Mike Arendt, Jeffrey Schwenter, Ronel Nel, Nathan J. Robinson, Meagan Gary, Edward C. Theriot, Nicole I. Stacy, Daryl W. Lam, Justin R. Perrault, Charles A. Manire, & Schonna R. Manning. 2022. Culturing putatively obligate epizoic diatoms: insights for the evolution and ecology of diatoms and their host. Scientific Reports 12:15116. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19064-0 

Irena Kaczmarska, James M. Ehrman & Matt P. Ashworth. 2022. Sexual reproduction and auxospore development in the diatom known as Biddulphia biddulphiana. PLoS ONE 17(9): e0272778. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272778

Marcelo Malisano Barreto Filho, Melissa Walker, Matt P. Ashworth & J. Jeffrey Morris. 2021. Structure and long-term stability of the microbiome in diverse diatom cultures. Microbiology Spectrum 9: e00269-21. DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00269-21

David G. Mann, Rosa Trobajo, Shinya Sato, Chunlian Li, Andrzej Witkowski, Frederic Rimet, Matt P. Ashworth, Ruth M. Hollands & Edward C. Theriot. 2021. Ripe for reassessment: a synthesis of available molecular data for the speciose diatom family Bacillariaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 158: 106985. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106985

Roksana Majewska, Matt P. Ashworth, Sunčica Bosak, William Goosen, Christopher Nolte, Klara Filek, Bart Van de Vijver, Jonathan C. Taylor, Schonna R. Manning & Ronel Nel. 2021. On sea turtle-associated Craspedostauros (Bacillariophyta), with description of three novel species. Journal of Phycology 57(1): 199-281. DOI:10.1111/jpy.13086

Johannes W. Goessling, Vijaya Shanti Paula, Ana Santiagoa, Matt Ashworth, Schonna R. Manning and Martin Lopez Garcia. 2020. Biosilica slab photonic crystals as an alternative to cleanroom fabrication. Faraday Discussions 223: 261-267. DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00031k

Andrzej Witkowski, Matt Ashworth, Chunlian Li, Ibrahima Sagna, Diomaye Yatte, Ewa Górecka, Andréa Franco, Wolf-Henning Kusber, Georgia Klein, Horst Lange-Bertalot, Przemysław Dąbek, Edward C. Theriot & Schonna R. Manning. 2020. Exploring Diversity, Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from Marine Habitats. Novel Taxa with Internal Costae. Protist 171(2): 125713. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2020.125713

Thomas A. Frankovich, Matt P. Ashworth, Michael J. Sullivan, Edward C. Theriot & Nicole I. Stacy. 2018. Epizoic and Apochlorotic Tursiocola species (Bacillariophyta) from the Skin of Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Protist 169(4): 539-568. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2018.04.002

Matt P. Ashworth, C.S. Lobban, A. Witkowski, E.C. Theriot, M.J. Sabir, M.N. Baeshen, N.H. Hajrah, N.A. Baeshen, J.S.M. Sabir and R.K. Jansen. 2017. Molecular and morphological investigations of the stauros-bearing, raphid pennate diatoms (Bacillariophyceae): Craspedostauros E.J. Cox and Staurotropis T.B.B. Paddock and their relationship to the rest of the Mastogloiales. Protist 168 (1): 48-70.

Matt P. Ashworth and J. Jeffrey Morris.2016. Axenic Microalgal Cultures Overlook the Complexity of the Phycosphere Marketplace. Perspectives in Phycology 3(2): 107-111. DOI: 10.1127/pip/2016/0051

Matt P. Ashworth, Teofil Nakov & Edward C. Theriot. 2013. Revisiting Ross and Sims (1971): Towards a molecular phylogeny of the Biddulphiaceae and Eupodiscaceae (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology (49): 1207-1222.

Lobban C.S., Schefter M., Jordan R.W., Arai Y., Sasaki A., Theriot E.C., Ashworth M., Ruck E.C. & Pennesi C. 2012. Coral-reef diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from Guam: new records and preliminary checklist, with emphasis on epiphytic species from farmer-fish territories. Micronesica 43: 237–479.

Matt P. Ashworth, Elizabeth C. Ruck, Christopher S. Lobban, Dwight K. Romanovicz and Edward C. Theriot. 2012. A revision of the genus Cyclophora and description of Astrosyne gen. nov. (Bacillariophyta), two genera with the pyrenoids contained within pseudosepta. Phycologia 51: 683-699.