Ochromonas sp.
| Common Name | chromists | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 38.702°N -72.3667°W Oceanus cruise 83 station II | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Gulf Stream | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Isolated Date | 07/07/1980 | ||||
| Identified By | |||||
| Deposited By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Deposit Date | 07/14/1982 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | IID1; phylogenetic clade VIII | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 04/03/2009 | ||||
| Other Information | 20-21^C, 20-25m on nylon rope, assigned to phylogenetic clade VIII | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | K + rice added after autoclaving |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASM2, ASM3, K, K + rice |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 18 - 22 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 4 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 6 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 4 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 6 |
New daughter set created every three weeks at 1mL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…43umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…14umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….14umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Trait-dependent variability of the response of marine phytoplankton to oil and dispersant exposure (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X20300242)
Rediscovery of the Ochromonas type species Ochromonas triangulata (Chrysophyceae) from its type locality (Lake Veysove, Donetsk region, Ukraine) (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2216/17-15.1)
Chrysophytes and other protists in High Arctic lakes: molecular gene surveys, pigment signatures and microscopy (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-011-1118-7)