RRC ID 20914
著者 Ohnuma M, Kuroiwa T, Tanaka K.
タイトル Optimization of cryopreservation conditions for the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
ジャーナル J Gen Appl Microbiol
Abstract Cryopreservation is essential for maintaining stable stocks of organisms. We report the development of a method for cryopreservation of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, a model organism for the investigation of the basic architecture of photosynthetic eukaryotes. Glycerol, dimethyl sulfoxide and methanol were examined for their ability to protect the cell from cryoinjury and/or cytotoxicity. It was found that methanol was the most effective as a cryoprotectant for C. merolae. After the optimized setting of parameters such as working concentration of cryoprotectant and the period of slow cooling, cultures were supplemented with 5% (v/v) methanol and frozen by slow cooling using a passive-freezing unit, followed by plunging into liquid nitrogen. We found C. merolae cells retained greater than 80% viability for at least 83 days in storage.
巻・号 57(3)
ページ 137-43
公開日 2011-1-1
DOI 10.2323/jgam.57.137
PII JST.JSTAGE/jgam/57.137
PMID 21817825
MeSH Cryopreservation / methods* Cryoprotective Agents / metabolism Dimethyl Sulfoxide / metabolism Freezing Glycerol / metabolism Methanol / metabolism Rhodophyta / radiation effects* Time Factors
IF 1.442
引用数 4
WOS 分野 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY
リソース情報
藻類 NIES-1332