UTEX B 3161
Trichotorquatus ladouxae


Condition: Xenic

Medium Type: Agar Slant


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Algae Details

UTEX Number: 3161
Class: Cyanophyceae
Strain: Trichotorquatus ladouxae
Medium: BG-11 Medium (BG-11)
Origin: Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, CA USA
Description of Location: Sandy, gravelly soil from granitic outcrops, plants and well-developed algal crusts. Site WJT36, Wonderland of Rocks. in Joshua Tree Nat. Park, CA. Mojave Desert, USA, elevation 1327 m.
GPS: 34°02'29'' N, 116°08'42'' W
Type Culture: No
Collection: Nicole Pietrasiak (06/28/2006)
Isolation: Nicole Pietrasiak (2006)
Isolator Number: WJT36-NPBG11
Deposition: Nicole Pietrasiak (11/13/2020)
Relatives:
Also Known As:
Notes: (Pietrasiak et J.R.Johansen)

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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