Where can we find our starter phytoplankton cultures?

We recommend getting started cultures from a professional microalgal culture collection. A few of our favourite sources of starter algae are the Bigelow National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota , NOAA’s Milford lab, and the UTEX culture collections.

You may be able to source larger inoculum cultures locally from a University studying algae biotechnology or aquaculture, or other facilities such as shellfish hatcheries, nurseries, shrimp laboratories, shrimp hatcheries, or finfish hatcheries.