Impact of procedural steps and cryopreservation agents in the cryopreservation of chlorophyte microalgae.

The maintenance of traditional microalgae collections based on liquid and solid media is labour intensive, costly and subject to contamination and genetic drift. Cryopreservation is therefore the method of choice for the maintenance of microalgae culture collections, but success is limited for many...

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Main Authors: Tony V L Bui, Ian L Ross, Gisela Jakob, Ben Hankamer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3823882?pdf=render