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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Bot Res. 2012 Sep 25;64:185–243. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391499-6.00006-2

Table 1.

Volvocales Culture Collections

Culture Collection Species available Media Other Accepts New Cultures? Web Site
Chlamydomonas collection Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, some other chlamydomonadaceae Recipes and for sale Plasmids cDNA libraries, Genomic libraries Yes, all chlamydomonadaceae http://chlamycollection.org/
UTEX Some Chlamydomonas, many Volvocales, other Chlorophytes and protists Recipes Genomic DNA for PCR analysis Yes, with prior approval http://web.biosci.utexas.edu/utex/
SAG Many Volvocales, many other Chlorophytes and Protists References Yes, with prior approval http://epsag.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/epsag/website/cgi/show_page.cgi?kuerzel=start
CCAP Many Volvocales, many other Chlorophytes and Protists Recipes and for sale Yes, also accepts private collections http://www.ccap.ac.uk/index.htm
NIES A wide array of algal strains, extensive collection of the Volvocales Recipes Yes, with prior approval http://mcc.nies.go.jp/