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Conservation of microalgal type material: Approaches needed for 21st century science
Author(s) -
Day John G.,
Pröschold Thomas,
Friedl Thomas,
Lorenz Maike,
Silva Paul C.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/tax.591001
Subject(s) - type (biology) , algae , code (set theory) , biology , state (computer science) , library science , computational biology , botany , ecology , programming language , computer science , set (abstract data type)
The current edition of the International code of botanical nomenclature (Vienna Code) accepts cultures of fungi and algae as types provided that they are preserved in a metabolically inactive state. In this article the authors outline a procedure for cryopreserving type cultures at ultra‐low temperatures (<−135°C), thus ensuring that the material is held in a stable, metabolically inactive state. This procedure would allow direct access to live ex‐type cultures, facilitating traditional research as well as molecular, metabolomic and proteomic studies.