Announcements

Memorial Day Holiday:
UTEX will be closed on Monday, May 28th, in observance of Memorial Day.  Orders for the week will ship on Tuesday, May 29th.  Have a safe and happy Memorial Day from everyone here at UTEX!

UTEX offers 2-day workshops for those interested in utilizing algae commercially, such as for biofuel production. The next workshop scheduled for June 21-22, 2012 is full. Workshops are held at the site of UTEX on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. More information can be found here: Workshops: Managing Microalgal Cultures

UTEX sells living microalgae in bulk culture volumes.  Select strains can be grown and shipped in multiples of 500-ml or 1-liter quantities.  More information can be found here:  Bulk Microalgae Cultures

About Us
The Culture Collection includes approximately 3,000 different strains of living algae, representing most major algal taxa.  Cultures in the Collection are used for research, teaching, biotechnology development, and various other projects throughout the world.  UTEX supports this community of users through the provision of algal cultures along with a variety of other goods and services.  This website contains a listing of the cultures maintained by UTEX, conditions for their maintenance, information regarding the purchase of cultures, and various other features of UTEX.