UTEX B 581
Plectonema boryanum


Condition: Xenic

Medium Type: Agar Slant


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Algae Details

UTEX Number: 581
Class: Cyanophyceae
Strain: Plectonema boryanum (Gom.)
Medium: BG-11 Medium (BG-11)
Origin:
Description of Location:
GPS:
Type Culture: Yes
Collection:
Isolation: M.T. Dyar
Isolator Number: Plectonema notatum
Deposition: M.B. Allen (1952-5)
Relatives: UTEX 1542; ATCC 27894; PCC 6306 TYPE CULTURE, PCC reference strain; IAM M-101
Also Known As: P. notatum; Leptolyngbya boryanum; LPP-group; LPP Group B
Notes: Deposited as M-9.2.6; iron limitation, nitrogen fixation, siderophore production (Kerry et al. 1988); chromosomal & plasmid DNA isolation (Smoker & Barnum 1988); 2 plasmids (Felkner & Barnum 1988); (Safferman & Morris 1963); grown in shaded light

General Long-Term Maintenance Conditions

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

To reduce the risk of losing newly acquired cultures, it is highly recommended to initially duplicate the Collection's long-term maintenance conditions. Please note that these general maintenance conditions are not designed for optimal algal growth rates or large quantities. For information on the best growth conditions and media, consult other literature or conduct your own experiments. Once a stock culture is established, subcultures can be used to test other conditions.

You can find additional details on the long-term culture maintenance conditions on the Culture Maintenance Guides page.


Preparation of Living Algal Strains For Orders

Agar cultures are transferred to fresh agar slants in 20-mm glass screwcap tubes. After quality control (QC) checks via microscopy are completed, the tubes are cultured under a diurnal light cycle for a minimum of three (3) days.

Cultures are sealed and packaged in a temperature-regulating mailer and shipped the same day.

UTEX makes no attempt to quantify the number of organisms or other characteristics of the culture and only guarantees the identity of the organism as specified in the strain history.


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