UTEX B 2268
Agmenellum quadruplicatum


Condition: Xenic

Medium Type: Agar Slant


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Algae Details

UTEX Number: 2268
Class: Cyanophyceae
Strain: Agmenellum quadruplicatum
Medium: Artificial Seawater Medium (ASP)
Origin: Magueyes Island, La Parquera, Puerto Rico
Description of Location: fish-pens mud
GPS:
Type Culture: No
Collection:
Isolation: C.Van Baalen (1961)
Isolator Number: PR-6
Deposition: J. Wright (1984)
Relatives: CCAP 1400/1; PCC 7002 Synechococcus (cluster 3) sp.; NIBB 1035 aka NIBB 1036; NIBB 1037, NIBB 1038, NIBB 1039, NIBB 1111; ACMM 326 aka SMBA 280
Also Known As: Synechococcus sp.
Notes: taxonomy (Rippka et al. 1979); requires vitamin B12 & inorganic nitrogen (Van Baalen 1962); contains restriction endonuclease-Aqu (Streiner 1990); (Stevens & Van Baalen 1973)

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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