Introduction
The CAUP Culture Collection was established by B. Fott in 1961. The collection originated by merging a large number of green algal and heterokont cultures isolated by B. Fott with part of the former E.G. Pringsheim's algal culture collection. Presently, the culture collection holds 241 strains of algae and cyanobacteria, with a high proportion of authentic strains. 203 of them are now included in Image database. Since 1981, CAUP Culture Collection is a member of
The World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC) under No. 486. It is also included in
The Federation of Czech and Slovak Culture Collections of Microorganisms (FCCM).
CAUP culture collection represents rather a small algal collection. Nevertheles, it holds many taxonomically important strains, e.g. authentic cultures of newly described species. The leading idea of our culture collection is not to conserve a very broad range of organisms, but to serve as a platform for education and taxonomic research in our department. Plans for the near future include the digitalization of historically valuable permanent slides (mainly of
diatoms) deposited in our collection, to make them available for the scientific community.
Basic statistics of deposited strains
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Features and interests:
- Two thirds of deposited algae belong to green algal
classes Trebouxiophyceae and Chlorophyceae.
- Chlorella represents the most common cultured genus (24 strains).
- Collection holds high proportion (32.5%) of authentic strains.
- Chlorella vulgaris CAUP H1995, isolated in 1889, represents the oldest maintained microalgal culture.
- CAUP culture collection holds the first Pringsheim's isolate: Chlorella ellipsoidea CAUP H1990
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New accessions: |
G 1302 |
Chloromonas reticulata |
Svalbard, Norway |
28-11-2018 |
G 1301 |
Chloromonas svalbardensis |
Svalbard, Norway |
05-11-2018 |
H 8606 |
Symbiochloris handae |
Honshu, Japan |
18-11-2016 |
H 8605 |
Symbiochloris tschermakiae |
North Auckland, New Zealand |
18-11-2016 |
H 8604 |
Dictyochloropsis asterochloroides |
Yokogawa, Japan |
18-11-2016 |
Recent taxonomic updates: |
H 1104 |
Neglectella solitaria |
formerly as Oocystis solitaria |
28-12-2020 |
H 1106 |
Neglectella solitaria |
formerly as Oocystis solitaria |
28-12-2020 |
H 1906 |
Jaagichlorella luteoviridis |
formerly as Heterochlorella luteoviridis |
28-12-2020 |
H 1963 |
Jaagichlorella luteoviridis |
formerly as Heterochlorella luteoviridis |
28-12-2020 |
H 5502 |
Oocystidium planoconvexum |
formerly as Ooplanctella planoconvexa |
28-12-2020 |
H 8501 |
Chloroidium laureanum |
formerly as Parachloroidium laureanum |
28-12-2020 |
H 8502 |
Chloroidium lobatum |
formerly as Parachloroidium lobatum |
28-12-2020 |
H 8503 |
Chloroidium lobatum |
formerly as Parachloroidium lobatum |
28-12-2020 |
J 1302 |
Tetratostichococcus jenerensis |
formerly as Stichococcus jenerensis |
28-12-2020 |
J 1303 |
Deuterostichococcus deasonii |
formerly as Stichococcus deasonii |
28-12-2020 |