Decades of experience and acquired knowledge about algae characteristics, and practicing in collecting, isolation and cultivation techniques, as well identification of freshwater or subaerial microalgae, allows Alga2O to be:
• The private Portuguese company with the largest collection of microalgae isolated, identified and maintained in culture.
• A company holding a collection of 1.500 microalgae strains that is one of the largest private microalgae collection worldwide, including about 400 strains only existing in this collection.
• The only Portuguese company with identification keys of algae until genus and species. Translated and adapted by M. Fatima Santos from German, Polish, French and English.
• Owns a set of microalgae with potential to accumulate starch, astaxanthin, carotenoids, exopolysaccharides, oils, oils + exopolysaccharides, paramylon and other bioproducts which importance and potential are yet unexplored.
• Owns a thousands of photos and drawings of microalgae authored by M. Fatima Santos.