Tisochrysis lutea Bendif et Probert
| Common Name | golden algae | ||||
| Collection Site | -14.87°N -148.68°W Mataiva,Tahiti, Society Islands (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | South Pacific | ||||
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| Nearest Continent | Micronesia | ||||
| Collected By | Martin,J | ||||
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| Isolated By | Haines,K | ||||
| Isolated Date | 01/01/1977 | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | TISO, NEPCC601, CCAP927/14, CS-177 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
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| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Robust, High Lipid, Temperate, Aquaculture | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | Yes | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 36 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 4 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 8 |
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CCMP1324 was cryopreserved on Jun 14 2007 using 6% DMSO as a cryoprotectant.
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 28 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 strain starter cultures (2x15ml) and only starter cultures can be shipped within 24h of ordering (see aquaculture express ordering on the CCMP home page).
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….10umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….4umol quanta m-2 s-1
Q+A:
Q: I am interested to understand the life cycle of phytoplanktons, and its role on the carbon cycle. As I was searching for the same, I came across your website and liked the purpose and the information. I would like to grow phytoplanktons in the lab and study it. I am not too sure if I should start with CCMP1324.
A: I think that CCMP1324 is an excellent choice. It is easy to grow, has a wide temperature range. It can also an aquaculture strain so it can be ordered and shipped the next day. you may want to do a literature search and see what has and has not been done with this organism.
Q:I would like to know the cryopreservation methods (freezing and/or thawing protocols). Is it possible to isolate single colony of tis strain? What will be the protocol for making the agar plate if it is possible.
A: CCMP1324 was cryopreserved with a 6%DMSO CPA. This culture was started in a tube of L1+/50uM NH4Cl/0.075%agar medium at 20 degrees C. Test vials were thawed at 20 degrees just until the ice started to melt and the entire contents of the cryovials could be pipetted out and subcultured into a tube of room temperature L1 medium after a ~1 second low speed spin in an Eppendorf centrifuge to get all the liquid out of the cap .They were grown at 20 degrees C in high light.
Q: How do you guys isolate single cell for CCMP1324? I would like to isolate single cells and grow for analysis.
A: I would try streak plating or serial dilutions if I were looking for single cells.
Documentation:
On the description of Tisochrysis lutea gen. nov. sp. nov. and Isochrysis nuda sp. nov. in the Isochrysidales, and the transfer of Dicrateria to the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10811-013-0037-0)
Effects of brown tide (Aureococcus anaphagefferens) on hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria larvae and implications for benthic recruitment (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44081581_Effects_of_brown_tide_Aureococcus_anophagefferens_on_hard_clam_Mercenaria_mercenaria_larvae_and_implications_for_benthic_recruitment)
Effect of the nutritional status of semi-continuous microalgal cultures on the productivity and biochemical composition of Brachionus plicatilis (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21487686/)
Influence of growth phase and nutrient source on fatty acid composition of Isochrysis galbana CCMP 1324 in a batch photoreactor (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369703X07001751)
Enriching Rotifers with “Premium” Microalgae: Rhodomonas lens (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10126-019-09936-4)
Porticoccus hydrocarbonoclasticus sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon- degrading bacterium identified in laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264135/)
Laboratory cultures of zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga (D. bugensis) mussel larvae using estuarine algae (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0380133096709334)
Nutritional properties of microalgae for mariculture (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044848696015013?via%3Dihub)
A novel approach for medium formulation for growth of a microalga using motile intensity (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960852406005840)