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 231 strains of algae and cyanobacteria, with a high proportion of authentic strains. 156 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 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 introduction of cryopreservation techniques to preserve a large number of strains isolated during various taxonomic studies, and to continue in detailed
image documentation of maintained strains. Moreover, we are currently digitalizing historically valuable permanent slides of mainly
diatoms, desmids, etc. 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: |
| K 609 |
Micrasterias furcata |
Oorid Lough, Connemara, Ireland |
29-11-2011 |
| M 301 |
Picocystis salinarum |
Lake Nakuru, Kenya |
28-11-2011 |
| M 302 |
Picocystis salinarum |
Hot Springs at Lake Magadi, Kenya |
28-11-2011 |
| H 8201 |
Tetranephris brasiliensis |
Lake Nakuru, Kenya |
28-11-2011 |
| H 2913 |
Monoraphidium dybowskii |
Njoro River Nakuru, Kenya |
28-11-2011 |
| H 8301 |
Rhombocystis complanata |
Ditch at Petit Coulibri, Commonwealth of Dominica |
28-11-2011 |
| Recent taxonomic updates: |
| K 606 |
Micrasterias semiradiata |
formerly as Micrasterias truncata |
29-11-2011 |
| H 1983 |
Choricystis parasitica |
formerly as Chlorella sorokiniana |
13-12-2010 |
| H 1984 |
Choricystis parasitica |
formerly as Chlorella sorokiniana |
13-12-2010 |
| H 1904 |
Chloroidium ellipsoideum |
formerly as Chlorella saccharophila var. ellipsoidea |
01-07-2010 |
| H 1949 |
Chloroidium ellipsoideum |
formerly as Chlorella trebouxioides |
01-07-2010 |
| H 1999-1 |
Chloroidium ellipsoideum |
formerly as Chlorella trebouxioides |
01-07-2010 |
| H 1912 |
Chloroidium saccharophilum |
formerly as Chlorella saccharophila |
01-07-2010 |
| H 1990 |
Pseudochlorella pringsheimii |
formerly as Chlorella ellipsoidea |
01-07-2010 |