Thalassiosira tumida (Janisch) Hasle
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Collection Site | -62.158°N -36.5874°W Ameriez 83, Westwind USCGC, Station 6B | ||||
| Ocean | Southern | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | Antarctica | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Fryxell,G | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | |||||
| Deposited By | Wood,M | ||||
| Deposit Date | 11/30/1984 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | AA-226 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/17/2005 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Cold Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 2 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | -2 - 2 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 65 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 75 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 65 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 75 |
New daughter set created every eight weeks
Daughter set……….…5umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….3umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Diatom frustules show increased mechanical strength and altered valve morphology under iron limitation (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1399)