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1. Harvest cells from a culture that is at or near peak density by centrifugation at 800-900 x g for 5 min. Pool the cell pellets into a single tube.
2. Adjust the concentration of cells to 2.0 x 10⁷/mL.xa0 If the concentration is too low, centrifuge at 800-900 x g for 5 minutes and resuspend the cell pellet with a volume of supernatant to yield the desired concentration.
3. Prepare a 15% (v/v) sterile DMSO solution in ATCC medium 1034 as follows:xa0 Add the required volume of DMSO to a glass screw-capped test tube and place on ice.xa0 Allow the DMSO to solidify.xa0 Add the required volume of refrigerated ATCC medium 1034.xa0 Dissolve the DMSO by inverting several times.xa0 If the DMSO solution is not prepared on ice, an exothermic reaction will occur that may precipitate certain components of the medium.
4. Mix the cell preparation and the DMSO in equal portions. Thus, the final concentration will be 10⁷ and 7.5% (v/v) DMSO. xa0The time from the mixing of the cell preparation and cryoprotective solution to the start of the freezing process should be no less than 15 min. and no more than 60 min.
5. Dispense in 0.5 mL aliquots into 1.0 - 2.0 mL sterile plastic screw-capped cryules (special plastic vials for cryopreservation).
6. Place the vials in a controlled rate freezing unit.xa0 Use the following cooling cycle: From room temperature cool at -10°C/min to the heat of fusion; from the heat of fusion to -40°C, cool at -1°C/min.xa0 At -40°C plunge into liquid nitrogen.xa0 The cooling cycle should be initiated no less than 15 and no more than 30 minutes after the addition of DMSO to the cell preparation.
7. The frozen preparations are stored in either the vapor or liquid phase of a nitrogen refrigerator.
8. To establish a culture from the frozen state place an ampule in a water bath set at 35°C. Immerse the vial enough to cover only the frozen material. Do not agitate the vial.
9. Immediately after thawing, do not leave in the water bath, aseptically remove the entire contents of the vial and transfer to a T-25 flask containing 10 mL ATCC Medium 1034 with serum increased to 30%.
10. Incubate the flask horizontally at 25°C with the cap screwed on tightly.

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Nucleotide (GenBank) : ACFS01000000 Capsaspora owczarzaki TS205474, whole genome shotgun sequencing project.