CCALA Culture Collection
of Autotrophic Organisms

From Rostock

River-basin Luznice, soil

Institute of Botany at Trebon, shallow puddle on concrete bottom

Mississippi, from freshwater

unknown

From Rostock

River Luznice valley, soil, meadow

Trebon, Institute of Botany, cultivation basin with Hippuris vulgaris

Lough Neagh, freshwater

London, reservoir Queen Elizabeth, freshwater

unknown

Town Karlovy Vary, fishpond near Dlouha Lomnice

Town Trebon, fishpond Tocnik, phytoplankton

Mts. Nilgiris, lake Moyar, reservoir

Town Trebon, fishpond Olse, phytoplankton

Town Trebon, fishpond Tocnik, phytoplankton

Town Trebon, fishpond Stary Kanclir, phytoplankton

Town Yerevan, stone wall of the fountain of '2750 years', subaerophyte

Inland salt marsh, desert region

Kathmandu, clay soil after monsoon period

unknown

Puente de Dios,San Luis Potosi State,central at an altitude of 450m above sea level

James Ross Island, Black Lake (surface of stones in littoral),NW Weddell Sea,

Traunstein, growth on wet stone wall

unknown

Prov. Las Villas, tree bark near the river Rio Arimao, subaerophyte

Mallorca, concrete place

From Salpetre cave in Collbató, Catalonia,

Lake Millstatter See

Chlum u Trebone, fishpond Podsedek

Arctic,Ellesmere island

Town Allahabad, soil. TYPE MATERIAL

Prov. Pinar del Rio, San Diego, mineral spring, periphyton

Habana, Botanical garden, Univ. Habana, basin with water plants

Isla de Pinos, Santa Fe, mineral spring (magnesium water), growth on stone

Isla de Pinos, Santa Fe, mineral spring (magnesium water), growth on stone

Isla de Pinos, Nueva Gerona, draining ditch

Prov. Pinar del Rio, pool near 'carretera central'

Reservoir near town Horni Benesov, periphyton

Town Constanta - Mamaia, sea beach, psammon

Mts. Belanske Tatry, valley Triscarka

Town Yerevan, stone wall of the fountain of '2750 years', subaerophyte

Subcultured from CCALA 4

Town Piestany, Kupelny ostrov, aging of thermal mud in spa

Town Piestany, thermal spring, periphyton

Velky haj, backwater of River Danube epilithon in littoral. The culture was isolated together with Chroococcus sp. (CCALA 701); they are almost identical morphologically, but they were found stable differences in their PE content.

Town Senec, water reservoir, phytoplankton

thermal spring

Nias island, Telukdaham city, rice field

Lake Ohrid, littoral

Klíčava reservoir, plankton

Town Bratislava, Vajnory, fishpond, phytoplankton

Constanta, lake Siutghiol, littoral, psammon

Velky haj, backwater of River Danube epilithon in littoral. The culture was isolated together with Chroococcus sp. (CCALA 702); they are almost identical morphologically, but they were found stable differences in their PE content.

Bankog, soil from paddy field

Sphagnum bog near Kastanienbaum, Vierwaldstattersee

La Paz, backwater of Rio Coraico (1000 mt.a.s.l.)

Wolfenschiessen

Constanta, lake Siutghiol, littoral

Slana Voda near Namestovo, basin with salt mineral water, periphyton

Pond Stavek in town Stupava

Earthworm casings collected from soil above the cave

Town Chelcice, soil, meadow

Davos, sprinkled zone near the waterfall Schiabachfall (subaerophyte)

Czech Republic, Trnavka Reservoir

From lake Magadi

Kanton Aargau, Mellingen

Prov. Habana, Tapaste, pool

Town Brasov, Poiana Brasov, soil

River Luznice valley, soil, meadow

Second fountain of Villa la Pietra, Florence, 2009

Czech Republic, Botanic Garden Liberec, artificial waterfall/wet wall,tropical glasshouse

Trebon, among water plants in a small artficial pond at Institute of Botany ASCR

James Ross Island, Green Lake (surface of stones in littoral)

James Ross Island, Green Lake (among stone blocks in littoral)

James Ross Island (among stone blocks in littoral)

James Ross Island (among stone blocks in littoral)

Znojmo, granitic rock

Ceske stredohori, moss in the ventarol on the Borecsky hill.

Mts. Dolomite Alps, soil

London, University College

Dax, thermal water (thermal spring)

Trebon, Institut of Botany, Elodea canadensis, periphyton

Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Botanical garden, greenhouse

Svalbard, Hornsund (77°00ˇ 15°20´E), Pikedamen lake, soft green biomass in littoral (2004)

Arctic,Svalbard, Vestre Lovnbreen, hummock on glacier surface

Arctic,Svalbard, Austre Broeggerbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Arctic,Svalbard, Austre Broeggerbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Arctic,Svalbard, Austre Broeggerbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Arctic,Svalbard, Midre Lovnbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

El Dique, walls of concrete reservoir

Town Celakovice, pool Cerna

Bog

Hamburg, backwater of river Elbe, stone, submerged

Town Karlovy Vary

Herculaneum near Neapol, soil

Town Most, dumps

Town Trebon, on concrete wall in Institute of Botany (subaerophyte)

Pass Bernina, red-brown growth on stone

Town Chlum u Trebone, forest Dubovice, tree bark, aerophyte

Stansstaad, wet stone wall

Carinthia, lake Hafner See, phytoplankton

Bay 'Barther Bodden' near bridge Meiningen

Pokhara, granite stone

Arctic,Svalbard, Rabben, heath vegetation

Arctic,Svalbard, Vestre Lovnbreen, sublacial, river sediment, permafrost

Arctic,Svalbard, Vestre Broeggerbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Arctic,Svalbard, Austre Broeggerbreen, subglacial soil

Ischia (Naples), cyanobacterium forming mats on thermal muds

Arctic,Svalbard, Austre Broeggerbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Arctic,Svalbard, Midre Lovnbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Arctic,Svalbard, Midre Lovnbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Arctic,Svalbard, Midre Lovnbreen, deglaciated soil, subglacial

Atitlan Lake

Natron lake

Lake Bodon

Natron lake

Ica department, lake Laguna Huacachina

Natron lake

Wetland Chan Chen, high salinity (> 3500 ?mS)

Wetland Chan Chen, high salinity (> 3500 ?mS)

Puente de Dios,San Luis Potosi State,central at an altitude of 450m above sea level

unknown

Flamingo lake Arenguade

unknown

Topolcany, oxidation pond, periphyton

Hamburg, backwater of river 'Alte Suder Elbe', periphyton

Tuffenwies, experimental trough of EAWAG

Arctic,Ellesmere island

Arctic,Svalbard, Rabben, wetland vegetation

Norther Lapland, Abisko (69°21N,18°49E) in vicinity of glacial moraine- Karsavagge, black-green mats in small stream

Svalbard, Hornsund (77°00´ 15°20´E), moss stream under Angellfjelet.

Valley Verzascatal, on sides of brook Bachlein (maybe polluted)

Hamburg, river 'Alte Suder Elbe'

Cooling tower

Hubei province, Wuhan city, rice field

James Ross Island, biofilm in lake Phormidium on very soft sediment

Vega Island, Esmeralda Lake, moss and cyanobacteria carpets on the bottom

California, Joshua Tree NP, desert soil. TYPE MATERIAL

Lake Ohrid, littoral

Fishpond near town Trnava

unknown

Podivin, Trkovisk‚ lake Frauenmuhl

Baltic Sea, cape Arkona, phytoplankton, water bloom

Valley Valle de la Brevine

Mts. Krkonose, valley Velka Kotelni jama, soil

unknown

Bay Barther Bodden near bridge Meiningen

Mts. Dolomite Alps, soil

London, Kew Gardens, symbiont from roots of Stangeria paradoxa

Prague, Botanical garden of Charles Univ., symbiont from roots of Gunnera chilensis

Clark Mountains, desert soil. TYPE MATERIAL

From Rostock

Between Unter- and Oberageri, molasse stone

Kathmandu, growth on stone near the brook

Yaounde, stone, gneiss, aerophyte

California, Clark Mountains, desert soil. TYPE MATERIAL

Trebon, Institute of Botany, artificial pool

Ruinestein soil, limestone stone

Lake Piaseczno near Lublin

Arctic,Svalbard, Stuphallet, fertilised vegetation

Stein, river Rhine

unknown

University of Gottingen, Botanical Garden, from a greenhouse

James Ross Island, cyanobacterial biomass like Nostoc on lake beach (Monolith Lake), 2008

; Petchaburi saltworks, mats on wet salty soils

Prov. Oriente, river Rio Bayamo, littoral

Crater of the volcano Vesuv, soil

Norther Lapland, Abisko in vicinity of glacial moraine- Karsavagge, black brown mats in small stream close to glacial front

Bratislava, sand pit lake Strkovec, littoral

Montegrotto Terme (Padova); cyanobacterium forming mats on thermal muds

Sumperk, tropical aquarium in greenhouse, periphyton on Myriophyllum

Mts. Male Karpaty, Lozorno near Bratislava, soil, forest

Piestany, Kupelny ostrov, basin for aging of thermal mud in spa

Svalbard, Hornsun (77°00´15°20´E), small pool in moraine of Werenskioldbreen, black biofilms on rocks

Brasilia, Sao Paulo, from greenhouse in botanical garden, 11/2004

Norther Lapland, Abisko (69°21´N, 18°49´E), in vicinity of glacial moraine-Karsavagge, brown mats on wetted rock close to glacial front (2006)

Plon, lake Plussee

Mts. Vysoke Tatry, lake Strbske pleso

Catamarca Province, hypersaline, alkaline lake

Kanton Fribourg, Hauferive, bank of the river Sarisse, wetted molasse stone

Kanton Fribourg, Hauferive

Burglen, valley Schachen, wet stone wall

Lake Erken

Fishpond Pesak. TYPE MATERIAL

Near castle Kozel, soil, meadow

Arctic, Svalbard, Hornsund bay, under waterfall near the sea Myrktjorna

Kuril Islands, thermal spring in Kunashir (60 oC)(orig.identification)

University of Texas, Banister trough

Pond near Asiut, phytoplankton

Finnland, The Gulf of Finnland near Helsinki, brackish water

Hong Kong, freshwater

unknown

unknown

Utah, Lower Calf Creek Falls, Great Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 37°49´44.77´´N,111°25´12.58´´W

Soil, flower pot

Mts. Belanske Tatry, pass Kopske sedlo, soil

Traunstein, wet stone wall

unknown

Prague, Botanical garden of Charles University, basin

unknown

Town Trebon, fishpond Podsedek, phytoplankton

unknown

unknown

Mts. Caucasus, valley Dombay, soil

Bratislava, from soil in a greenhouse

The blowout of coastal sand dunes Meijendel/The Hague

King George Island, whale skeleton

Petchaburi Province, wet salty soil

Uvita, bamboo trunk

Rätikon, north of Grüsch, watering place, freshwater

Fordongianus, from a pond near a strea from the thermal bath Terme di Forum Traiani

Hawaii, Island of Oahu,Old Pali Highway, volcanic stone surface

Mělník, flooded sand pit Barbara

Mělník, flooded sand pit Barbara

Tulln, fire pond at IFA-Tulln

Olomouc, A visibile extensive (~0.5m^2) mat, covering an ephemeral shallow rainfall pool (puddle). Samples were collected in the city of Olomouc

Olomouc, A visibile extensive (~0.5m^2) mat, covering an ephemeral shallow rainfall pool (puddle). Samples were collected in the city of Olomouc

Kirov, soil

Queen Maud Land, Mitsuike Valley, puddle, Sandy bank of the lake

Queen Maud Land, Mitsuike Valley, freswater stream

Queen Maud Land, Yukidori Valley, dirty snow field

Queen Maud Land, Yukidori Valley, The growth on the rock in the stream

Queen Maud Land, Mitsuike Valley, Floathing biomass in the shallow lake

Queen Maud Land, Yukidori Valley, The growth on the rock in the stream

Plantation of Solanum glaucophyllum, soil

Baden am Limmat, plankton,freshwater

Queen Maud Land, Yukidori Valley, Biosoil crust in the puddle

Queen Maud Land, Yukidori Valley, Freshwater stream

Fordongianus, from a pond near a stream from the thermal bath Terme di Forum Traiani, freshwater

Queen Maud Land, Yukidori Valley, Dirty snow field

Queen Maud Land, Yukidori Valley, Small puddle near the lake

A, Queen Maud Land, Mitsuike Valley

Deception Island, Moss growth