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Marine Dinoflagellate Collection

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Infrastructure

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CODIMAR is currently located in JA7-01 and JA7-02 modules of the Strain Repository (Building J). The culture rooms have the following accessories:

  1. Air condition;
  2. Controlled lighting system;
  3. Shelves with withe light lamps;
  4. Automated emergency system that timely identifies abrupt temperature changes and faults in the cooling and lighting system.

To maintain and isolate strains, the Collection has the Laboratory of Phytoplankton Ecology which has:

Carl Zeiss inverted microscope
Inverted Carl Zeiss (Axiovert 100) microscope
Olympus microscope
Olympus (BX41) microscope
Analysis system software
ImagePro-PLUS 4.1 image analysis system software
CoolSNAP-Procf. color digital camera
CoolSNAP-Procf. MEDIA CIBERNETICS digital camera

It also has a vertical laminar flux bell, as well as laboratory materials and chemicals which are used exclusively for the collection. In addition, there is multi-user equipment such as, autoclaves, analytical balances, stoves, incubators, and refrigerators.

Laminar flux bell
Laminar flux bell
Autoclaves
Autoclaves

Written by Dra. Lourdes Morquecho Escamilla   
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2010 09:42
 
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