Methods of conservation of microalgae and cyanobacteria

Abstract

The creation and maintenance of a collection of microorganisms plays an extremely important role in the study of microbial diversity, as well as in the conservation of genetically stable producers used in biotechnological production, medicine and environmental biotechnology. The development of methods for the conservation of cyanobacteria and microalgae is less intensive than for other groups of microorganisms. The needs to maintain the genetic stability of the species, the high costs and the laborious re-sowing of algae have led to the development of methods for their long-term conservation, which have different efficiencies.