Cryptomonas pyrenoidifera Geitler
| Common Name | chromists | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 44°N -87°W EPA Station #46, Lake Michican USA (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | freshwater | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Andresen,N | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Andersen,RA | ||||
| Isolated Date | 12/20/1984 | ||||
| Identified By | Yoon,H-S | ||||
| Deposited By | Andersen,RA | ||||
| Deposit Date | 01/02/1991 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | A7537, A3883 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/30/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | flagellate | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Freshwater | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | AF6 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | DY-V, DYVm |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 18 - 22 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 16 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 20 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 9 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 11 |
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…42umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….6umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….…..6umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Light capture and pigment diversity in marine and freshwater cryptophytes (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpy.12816)