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Limnospira platensis

Spirulina

Culture number: OMC-0053 · Record ID: OMN-MIC-0053

Genus
Limnospira
Culture category
Cyanobacteria
Host / substrate
Alkaline pond
Collection date
2019-06-27
Location
Salalah, Dhofar
Holding institution
Arid Lands Research Unit (Demo)

Overview

Culture identity

All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.

Scientific classification

BacteriaCyanobacteriotaCyanophyceaeOscillatorialesMicrocoleaceaeLimnospiraLimnospira platensis
Record type
Microbial culture
Strain type
Live culture
Batches
2
Molecular status
Not yet sequenced

Resource network

This record

OMC-0053

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Host & source

Isolation origin

Where this culture was isolated from. A source relationship is documented fact — it does not by itself prove the organism caused any observed symptoms.

Environmental substrate

Alkaline pond

Substrate
Alkaline pond water
Source type
Environmental
ALKALINE POND↓ source of isolationCULTURE OMC-0053↓MOLECULAR DATA

No disease symptoms recorded

No symptoms were documented on the source material, and this organism is not assumed to be pathogenic.

Collection

Geographic origin

The recorded collection location of this culture.

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Salalah, Dhofar · collected 2019-06-27 by R. Al-KindiOpen geographic explorer

Culture management

Culture lifecycle

Documented batches and transfer events for this culture, in chronological order.

Current status

Active — cryopreserved backup held

Culture number
OMC-0053
Batches
2
Transfer events
1

Batch explorer

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Transfer history

2019-07-12 · batch B2019-019

Culture registered

Registered at Arid Lands Research Unit (Demo) as culture OMC-0053.

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Molecular data

Genomic explorer

Markers, sequence files and DNA barcodes linked to this culture. Marker availability follows the organism group — not every culture has ITS or TEF data.

Not yet sequenced

Material is preserved and available for molecular work, but no sequence data is linked to this record yet.

Research

Research & provenance

How this record came to be, and literature linked to it.

Data provenance

  1. Isolation

    Isolated from alkaline pond at Salalah, 2019-06-27

  2. Culture registration

    Arid Lands Research Unit (Demo) · 2019-07-12

  3. Culture management

    2 batches · 1 transfers (demo)

  4. Molecular data

    None yet

No publications linked

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