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Isolation
Salt marsh sediment, Hog Island, eastern shore of Virginia, 1999
Product Format
frozen
Storage Conditions
Frozen Cultures: -70°C for 1 week; liquid N2 vapor for long term storage
Freeze-dried Cultures: 2-8°C
Live Cultures: See Protocols section for handling information
Type Strain
no
Comments
Phylogenetic analyses of SSU rRNA, LSU rRNA, tubA, and hsp-90
Medium
ATCC® Medium 1525: Seawater 802 medium
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 25°C
Culture System: Xenic, grown with Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (ATCC® 700831™) and mixed bacteria
Cryopreservation
Reagents
Cryoprotective Solution
DMSO, 2.0 mL
Fresh growth medium w/o bacteria, 8.0 mL
Harvest and Preservation
Mix the components in the order listed. When the medium is added to the DMSO the solution will warm up due to chemical heat.
Harvest cells from a culture that is at or near peak density by filtration and centrifugation at 800 x g for 5 min.
Adjust the concentration of cells at least 2 x 106/mL in fresh medium.
Mix the cell preparation and the cryoprotective solution in equal portions.
Dispense in 0.5 mL aliquots into 1.0 - 2.0 mL sterile plastic screw-capped cryules (special plastic vials for cryopreservation).
Place vials in a controlled rate freezing unit. From room temperature cool at -1°C/min to -40°C. If freezing unit can compensate for the heat of fusion, maintain rate at -1 C/min through heat of fusion. At -40°C plunge ampules into liquid nitrogen. Alternatively, place the vials in a Nalgene 1°C freezing apparatus. Place the apparatus at -80°C for 1.5 to 2 hours and then plunge ampules into liquid nitrogen. (The cooling rate in this apparatus is approximately -1°C/min.)
Ampules are stored in either the vapor or liquid phase of a nitrogen refrigerator.
To establish a culture from the frozen state place the vial in a 35°C water bath. Immerse the vial to a level just above the surface of the frozen material. Do not agitate the vial.
Immediately after thawing, do not leave in water bath, aseptically remove the contents of the ampule and inoculate into a T-25 tissue culture flask containing 10 mL ATCC medium 1525 bacterized with Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (ATCC® 700831™).
Incubate at 25°C with the cap screwed on tightly.
Once the culture is established, vigorously agitate the flask and aseptically transfer 0.5 mL to 10.0 mL of bacterized ATCC medium 1525.
Follow the protocol for maintenance of culture.
Name of Depositor
TA Nerad
Special Collection
NSF - Protistology
Year of Origin
1999
References
Thomas A Nerad, personal communication
Carr M, et al. Molecular phylogeny of choanoflagellates, the sister group to Metazoa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 105: 16641-16646, 2008. PubMed: 18922774
