UTEX LB 3095
Euglena geniculata



Algae Details

UTEX Number: 3095
Class: Euglenophyceae
Strain: Euglena geniculata
Medium: DYIII Medium (DYIII)
Origin: East Lansing, MI, USA
Description of Location:
GPS:
Type Culture: No
Collection: Woongghi Shin (2002)
Isolation: Woongghi Shin
Isolator Number: MI 61
Deposition: Richard Triemer (4/30/2015)
Relatives:
Also Known As:
Notes: Genetically very distinct from other E. geniculata taxa.

About The Euglenid Collection

The research collection of Euglenids, assembled and maintained by the Richard Triemer Laboratory at Michigan State University, has been deposited in the Culture Collection of Algae at The University of Texas at Austin. The collection comprises 65 strains with 31 named species spanning 8 genera. The collection primarily includes strains collected in North America, but also includes confirmed toxic strains of Euglena sanguinea from Argentina and Denmark.

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 liquid cultures, approximately 15 mL aliquots of the stock strain maintained as a liquid culture are transferred to screw-cap tubes on the day of shipment.

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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