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We accept only signed CCALA order forms send by post or their scans send by the e-mail. We accept your original institutional orders too. By submitting the online form, you explicitly agree with our terms and conditions.

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Culture Collection of Autotrophic Organisms (CCALA)
Experimental Garden and Gene Pool Collections Třeboň
Institute of Botany of the CAS, v. v. i.
ccala@ibot.cas.cz

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Pricelist of the CCALA collection

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Item Final price (EUR, VAT incl.)Price excluding VAT applies to the customers from European Union who provide VAT registration number and to all customers outside EU.

Cultures of cyanobacteria, algae and non-seed plants
Culture in liquid medium (250 ml) for commercial purposes 75,00 EUR
  for academic/research purposes discount on basic price based on demand (Josef.Juran@ibot.cas.cz)
 
Standard culture in tube on agar slant or liquid (30 ml) for commercial purposes 50,00 EUR
  for academic/research purposes discount on basic price based on demand (Josef.Juran@ibot.cas.cz)
 
Mixed algal culture (as a food source for zooplankton) – 500 ml 37,50 EUR
Culture of moss, liverwort or fern on agar medium 20,50 EUR
Every further culture of the same strainApplies to standard culture on agar or in liquid medium, does not apply to 250 ml cultures. -50%
Express delivery (sent out within one week) +50%

Maintaining strains
Keeping a patent or type strain for 1 calendar yearThis service guarantees that the strain is maintained exclusively for the customer, no other person have access to such strain or information on it. Type strains are also accepted to the collection with no charge in case they are offered for sale as any other strains. 145,00 EUR

Cultivation media
Standard cultivation medium – Z, BB, BG11 1 liter of prepared sterile medium 5,00 EUR
  set of stock solutions for 1 liter of final medium  
 
Special cultivation mediumSpecial cultivation medium include any medium used in the CCALA collection and listed at the CCALA webpage excluding the standard media (Z, BB, BG11). 1 liter of prepared sterile medium 6,00 EUR
  set of stock solutions for 1 liter of final medium  

Strain exchange
Strain exchange between culture collections free for WFCC members

Postage and packing
Additional packaging for orders over 2 kg (e.g. media orders) 4,00 EUR
 
Postage and packing fee (max. 1 kg) Slovakia & Poland 15,00 EUR
  within EuropePrice for the packages above 1 kg will be increased according the weight of the package (max. 8 kg) and a distance of the destination. 20,00 EUR
  outside EuropePrice for the packages above 1 kg will be increased according the weight of the package (max. 8 kg) and a distance of the destination. 25,00 EUR
 
Delivery by EMS service – on request individual rate according the provider’s price-list

 

Maximal ordering amount is 20 items per one order (larger orders will be divided). Standard delivery time is about 3 weeks, but it can vary depending on the size of the order and specific demands of the individual strains requested.