Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Culture Collection

LEGE-CC

Institution

CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto

Services provided

Culture supply, strain identification following modern taxonomy techniques (combining molecular and morphological approaches), strain isolation, public and safe deposits, supply of genomic DNA of LEGE strains, consultancy and training

WDCM*

# 1089

Holdings

Cyanobacteria and microalgae 

Preservation methods

Subculturing

Number of strains

1000

Director/coordinator

Vitor Vasconcelos

Staff

João Morais (Curator)

Raquel Silva (Technician)

Certification