Cryopreservation of the UTEX Algal Collection

该奖项重申了对一个项目的支持，该项目旨在开发改进的单细胞藻类冷冻保存方法，并将这些方法用于冷冻目前在UTEX收集的淡水藻类中发现的菌株。收集包括各种藻类，原核和真核。使用低温保存比使用连续转移更有信心保存生物体的独特遗传特征，连续转移是维持UTEX收集中发现的各种藻类库存的最常用方法。此外，这些方法的发展和使用应该减少常规储存这些菌株所需的时间和费用，这些菌株是由收集者和与这些生物体一起工作的个人调查人员进行的。* * *

9512746 Brand This award renews support of a project aimed at development of improved methods for cryopreservation of single-celled algae, and use of these methods for the freezing of strains now found in the UTEX collection of freshwater algae. The collection includes a variety of algae, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic. The use of cryopreservation allows more confidence that the unique genetic characteristics of organisms are being preserved than does the use of serial transfer, the most common method for maintenance of stocks of the kinds of algae found in the UTEX collection. In addition, the development and use of such methods should lessen the time and expense required for routine storage of such strains by collections and by individual investigators who work with these organisms. ***