UTEX 1611
Anabaena cylindrica



Algae Details

UTEX Number: 1611
Class: Cyanophyceae
Strain: Anabaena cylindrica
Medium: BG-11(-N) Medium (BG-11-0)
Origin: England
Description of Location: pondwater
GPS:
Type Culture: No
Collection:
Isolation: S.P. Chu (1939)
Isolator Number: 238
Deposition: T. Kantz (Fall 1967)
Relatives: UTEX 629; UTEX 1609; CCAP 1403/2A Anabaena inaequalis; SAG 1403-2; PCC 7122 Anabaena (cluster1) cylindrica TYPE CULTURE, PCC 73105 Anabaena (cluster1)
Also Known As: A. inaequalis
Notes: (Kantz & Bold 1969); UTEX B 629 & B 1611 are subcultures from the same strain isolated by S.P. Chu and distributed by G.E. Fogg to M.B. Allen as M1-1-1 (UTEX 629) and CCAP 1403/2A (UTEX 1611); taxomomy, identification problems (Anand 1988); glycolate excretion (Ronstm & Bergman 1989); grown in shaded light

General Maintenance Conditions

Temperature: 20 °C
Light source: mix of warm-white & cool-white fluorescent lamps
Intensity: 3200 lux (maximum)
Periodicity: 12/12 h L/D

Those who receive cultures are encouraged to duplicate within reason the conditions used in the Collection, when handling newly acquired cultures, to reduce the chance of losing the culture. After a stock culture is established, subcultures may be used for testing other conditions. These general maintenance conditions are not our recommendations to achieve optimal growth rates and large quantities of algae. Information on the best growth conditions and media must be acquired in other literature or through careful experimentation. For additional details on the long-term culture maintenance conditions utilized at UTEX, visit the Culture Maintenance Guides page.


Preparation of Living Algal Strains For Orders

For agar cultures, strains are transferred to the surface of fresh agar slants in 20 mm diamter glass screw-cap tubes in preparation for shipment. The fresh inocula are grown in a diurnal light cycle for at least 3 days until a macroscopically visible lawn appears.

Agar and liquid cultures are packaged within a Styrofoam box and shipped the same day they are packaged.

One tube of agar or liquid culture constitutes an order for a single culture of a single strain of living algae. UTEX makes no attempt to quantify the number of organisms or other characteristics of the culture. UTEX only guarantees the identity of the organism as specified in the strain history.


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