Tag Archives: chlorella

Green Algae from Pintrest

Posted on October 17, 2014 by SubOptimist

Made a Pintrest page to see if I could store images there (free, unlimited) and post them here.  Check! These are from my stock culture of Spirogyra.  Interesting (or not) that its contaminated with what I think is Chlorella.  Cool … Continue reading →

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No shortcuts

Posted on September 21, 2014 by SubOptimist

The fact that Chlorella grows so slowly isn’t a problem for me personally, I don’t have time to attend to this stuff every day so it kind of works out nicely.  BUT, if I want to come up with projects … Continue reading →

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Storage of Chlorella

Posted on September 15, 2014 by SubOptimist

According to this group, store on autotrophic agar slants incubated 2 weeks in light then into ref.  Restreak every month.  Perhaps freezing just isn’t something that is done.

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Like an autotroph from the ashes

Posted on September 14, 2014 by SubOptimist

My my my, how fast 6 months can go by.  Due to extracurricular insanity, I wasn’t able to move any of this forward, but have recently picked it up again. It might be good to restate what I am trying … Continue reading →

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Chlorella Virus: NOT big and plodding

Posted on December 17, 2013 by SubOptimist

Chlorella Virus has been challenging my stereotypes once again.  In addition to the “bigger genome therefore bigger virus particle” assumption,  I was clearly guilty of a “bigger virus therefore slow at replicating” assumption too.  Its nothing I though explicitly, in … Continue reading →

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A context for Chlorella Viruses: Size

Posted on December 17, 2013 by SubOptimist

Chlorella viruses are big.  Consider the titles of the following review papers dealing with them: The Phycodnaviridae: The Story of How Tiny Giants Rule the World DNA Viruses: The Really Big Ones (Giruses) Structures of giant icosahedral eukaryotic dsDNA viruses There are two … Continue reading →

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Phycodnaviridae hosts

Posted on December 13, 2013 by SubOptimist

The Phycodnaviridae virus Family consists of six known Genera, all of which infect algae*.   These algal hosts have some pretty interesting stories on their own. For instance, Phaeophycaea (also known as brown algae) is a Class within Eukaryotes that … Continue reading →

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Viral eyes upon us?

Posted on November 17, 2013 by SubOptimist

“Viruses can’t see, right?” “No, no, no  – viruses aren’t cells and its inside cells that you detect light.” “So why do they have genes that make proteins that can sense light? “(1) “Huh?” To explain this, we first need … Continue reading →

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