UTEX Terminology
Terminology used at UTEX
The term 'axenic' means a unialgal culture that is free of bacterial and/or fungal contamination based on UTEX's testing protocol (See How do yo...
Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:46 AM
The term 'xenic' means a unialgal culture that may contain bacterial and/or fungal contamination based on UTEX's testing protocol (See How do yo...
Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 9:57 AM
The term "unialgal" means there is only one (1) type of algae present in the culture.
Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:32 PM
Algae Express strains are the most frequently ordered cultures at UTEX. We maintain multiple copies for next day shipment and these are the only strains tha...
Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:17 PM
This means that someone artificially induced polyploid cells -- cells with duplicate copies of their chromosome complement. UTEX has some of these strains i...
Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:33 PM
This refers to our algal culture media and means that the media has a pinch of NH4MgPO4·6H2O added. E.g.: Soilwater: GR+ Medium vs. Soilwater: GR+/NH4 Medium
Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:36 PM
This refers to our BG-11 media that is made without nitrogen and is used by nitrogen fixing algae strains. BG-11(-N) Medium
Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:37 PM
This refers to media that has been made with additional silicate added. Silicate is necessary to culture diatoms or other organisms that have a silica requi...
Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:38 PM