Strains that belong to the Freshwater Diatom Collection (designated 'FD' in UTEX number) will require a minimum of 4-weeks to grow out before shipment.
Culturing Note: This strain is considered fastidious, meaning it has complex and particular nutritional and environmental requirements. Successful cultivation may require specific media components, carefully controlled growth conditions, and/or patience due to potentially slow growth rates or challenges in maintaining consistent replication.
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.
