UTEX B 3054
Gloeocapsopsis sp.



Algae Details

UTEX Number: 3054
Class: Cyanophyceae
Strain: Gloeocapsopsis sp.
Medium: BG-11 Medium (BG-11)
Origin: Chile
Description of Location: The strain was collected from a hypolithic microbial community from a quartz rock in the coastal Atacama Desert. The site was located 22 km south of the city of Antofagasta, in the eastern slope of the hills of the Coastal Range and about 1.5 km from the Pacific Ocean.
GPS: 23° 48′59″ S, 70° 29′25″ W, elevation 537 m
Type Culture: No
Collection: Armando Azua-Bustos
Isolation: Catalina Urrejola (2011)
Isolator Number: 1H9
Deposition: Catalina Urrejola (1/30/2017)
Relatives:
Also Known As: Gloeocapsopsis dulcis strain AAB1
Notes: Azua-Bustos A, Zúñiga J, Arenas-Fajardo C, Orellana M, Salas L, Rafael V. (2014) Gloeocapsopsis AAB1, an extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium isolated from the Atacama Desert. Extremophiles. 18(1):61-74. doi: 10.1007/s00792-013-0592-y.

Moore RA, Azua-Bustos A, González-Silva C, Carr CE. (2023) Unveiling metabolic pathways involved in the extreme desiccation tolerance of an Atacama cyanobacterium. Sci Rep. 13(1):15767. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41879-8.

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.

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