Pycnococcus provasolii Guillard
| Common Name | chlorophyta | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 38.32°N -69.57°W over slope, old WHOI deep water station II (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
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| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Murphy,L | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Murphy,L | ||||
| Isolated Date | 01/01/1978 | ||||
| Identified By | Guillard,R | ||||
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| Deposit Date | |||||
| Strain Synonyms | OMEGA48-23, CCAP190/1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/10/2001 | ||||
| Other Information | 30 meters depth,amb.17^C,surf.23-24^C.enrich flask st.1. | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | Yes | ||||
| Morphological Data | coccoid | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASP8a, f/2 agar, f/2-Si, K, L1 - Si, SNTR |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 2 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 4 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 2 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 4 |
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 15 days. If interested, please contact the CCMP for the cryopreservation methods (freezing and/or thawing protocols).
Note that aquaculture strains are always maintained as actively growing cultures, even if also cryogenically stored. Therefore, aquaculture strains (see aquaculture express ordering on the CCMP home page) can be shipped immediately upon request.
Documentation:
Light backscattering properties of marine phytoplankton: relationships to cell size, chemical composition and taxonomy (https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/26/2/191/1490132)
Diel patterns of growth and division in marine picoplankton in culture (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.037003357.x)
A single species, Micromonas pusilla (Prasinophyceae), dominates the eukaryotic picoplankton in the western English Channel (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15240284/)
The elemental composition of some marine phytoplankton (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-090.x)
Prasinoxanthin - a chemotaxonomic marker for algae (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003194220083455X)
Irradiance and the elemental stoichiometry of marine phytoplankton (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2690)
Interspecific differences in the bioconcentration of selenite by phytoplankton and their ecological implications (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v213/p1-12/)
Phylogenetic diversity in cadmium:phosphorus ratio regulation by marine phytoplankton (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.1131)