Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grun.) Fryxell et Hasle

| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 40.66°N -73.41°W Amityville, New York USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Long Island Sound | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Hargraves,P | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Hargraves,P | ||||
| Isolated Date | 09/01/1968 | ||||
| Identified By | Hargraves,P | ||||
| Deposited By | Hargraves,P | ||||
| Deposit Date | |||||
| Strain Synonyms | 4C | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 12/11/2009 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 16 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 14 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 26 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 13 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 16 |
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…25umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….7umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Growth phase significantly decreases the DHA-to-EPA ratio in marine microalgae (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10499-016-0053-6)
Best practices in the flow cytometry of microalgae (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cyto.a.24328)
Effects of iron and zinc deficiency on elemental composition and silica production by diatoms (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24855011)
Characterization of different viruses infecting the marine harmful algal bloom species Phaeocystis globosa (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042682205004095?via%3Dihub)