UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at The University of Texas at Austin (UTEX)
February 22, 2023Collection Website
Organizational structure
Academia
Collection Institution/Entity
The University of Texas at Austin
Staff working with the Collection
4
Collection Contact
David Nobles
Position of Collection contact
Curator
Collection Email
Collection Phone
5124714019
Collection can be contacted
Yes
- Has continued institutional support
- Interested in Culture Collections Exchange
- Interested in working with samples from different repositories
- Interested in Collaborative Programs
- Ability to accept orphan collections
- Collection contains reference strains
Collection Category
Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)
Collection follows best management practice guideline
None of the Above
Organisms in Collection
Algae
Training opportunities provided by Collection
Culture Collection management (e.g. quality control procedures, databases, etc., Culturing and preservation methods (including cryopreservation), Fermentation and other large volume production methods
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Availability and distribution mechanisms
Fee per strain for distribution
Services provided by Collection
Storage service (safe deposit), Strain isolation/taxonomic identification, Custom material preparation (such as genomic DNA/RNA), Consulting
Consultations provided by Collection
Preservation, Propagation
Host Associations in Collection
Other Plants, Amphibians, Humans, Soil, Water, Built Environment
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture, Cell biology, Culture and preservation methods, Ecology, General microbiology, Industrial microbiology, Molecular biology, Plant pathology, Starter cultures for foods/beverages, Synthetic biology, Systematics and taxonomy