Alexandrium affine (Inouye et Fukuyo) Balech
| Common Name | alveolates | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 42.23°N -8.8°W Ria de Vigo,Spain (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Bravo,I | ||||
| Isolated Date | 11/15/1985 | ||||
| Identified By | Isabel Bravo | ||||
| Deposited By | Fraga,S | ||||
| Deposit Date | 11/19/1985 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | PA1V, PGA , NEPCC667 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 10/06/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | Plankton motile phase,12-20^C,35ppt,depth>50m,20-30km long | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASP8a, f/2-Si, K, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 21 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 36 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 44 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 32 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 36 |
New daughter set created every four weeks at 2mL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…26umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….50umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….33umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Formal revision of the Alexandrium tamarense species complex (Dinophyceae) taxonomy: the introduction of five species with emphasis on molecular-based (rDNA) classification (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25460230/)
Development of specific rRNA probes to distinguish between geographic clades of the Alexandrium tamarense species complex (https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/27/2/199/1579635)
Use of fluorescein diacetate (FDA) as a single-cell probe of metabolic activity in dinoflagellate cultures (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01965581.1988.10749548)
Electrochemical detection of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii with a DNA-biosensor (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956566304002386?via%3Dihub)
Alexandrium tamutum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae): a new nontoxic species in the genus Alexandrium (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03060.x)