Bank of Algae and Cyanobacteria of the Azores

BACA

Institution

Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos - Polo dos Açores (CIBIO-Açores), Universidade dos Açores

Services provided

Supply of algal/cyanobacterial strains deposited in the public collection; Strain deposit; Identification of strains using phenotypic and genotypic-based approaches; Isolation of strains from environmental samples and/or from contaminated cultures; Consultancy (isolation, culture maintenance, identification).

WDCM*

# 1242 (BACA)

Holdings

Microalgae, cyanobacteria

Preservation methods

Sub-culturing

Number of strains

760

Director/coordinator

Vítor Gonçalves

Staff

Rúben Luz (Curator); Rita Cordeiro (Researcher); Elisabete Dias (Genetics)

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