Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm et al.
| Common Name | blue-green algae | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 35°N 20°W (lat long very approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Mediterranean Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | Vaulot,D | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Frankel,S and West-Johnsrud,L | ||||
| Isolated Date | 03/01/1991 | ||||
| Identified By | Vaulot,D | ||||
| Deposited By | Zinser,E and Chisolm, S | ||||
| Deposit Date | 05/15/2007 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | MED1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 10/18/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | size:1.2-1.6uM X 0.6-0.8uM | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | Pro99 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 18 - 26 °C |
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3.5mL 30%DMSO+12mL concentrated cells. In CPA for 21 minutes before CRF run.
Thawed in room temp water bath. Cells pelleted in centrifuge for 5 sec. Grown in Pro99mod at 20C in medium light.
30 day grow back
New daughter set created every two weeks
Daughter set……….…43umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm et al. 1992 subsp. pastoris subsp. nov. strain PCC 9511, the first axenic chlorophyll a2/b2-containing cyanobacterium (Oxyphotobacteria) (https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-50-5-1833)