Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton

摘要该奖项再次支持单细胞海洋藻类的收集，包括真核生物和细菌菌株组成的浮游植物在开放的海洋。藏品还包括一些多细胞藻类（海藻）。收集到的大多数菌株首先是从太平洋和大西洋底栖生物区采集的样本中分离出来的。然而，收集的很大一部分是由来自极地地区的分离株组成的，这些分离株在几度的冷冻中具有最佳的生长。该收藏为学术和工业研究人员提供样品，收费适中，并在鉴定未知菌株和偶尔提供培养技术培训方面提供帮助。由于浮游植物在海洋生态系统生产力中的重要性，该收集是生物学家和海洋学家的重要资源。该收集是美国最大和唯一的海洋藻类综合收集。

AbstractThis award renews support for a collection of unicellular marine algae, including both eukaryotic and bacterial strains that make up phytoplankton in the open oceans. The collection also includes a few multicellular algae (seaweeds). Most of the collected strains were first isolated from samples taken in benthic regions of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. However, a significant fraction of the collection is made up of isolates from polar regions that have optimal growth within a few degrees of freezing. The collection provides samples to academic and industrial researchers at a modest charge, and provides help in identification of unknown strains and training in culture techniques on an occasional basis. Because of the importance of phytoplankton in the productivity of the ocean ecosystems, the collection is an important resource for biologists and oceanographers. The collection is the largest and only comprehensive collection of marine algae in the US.