Thalassiosira tumida (Janisch) Hasle
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | -77.8333°N 163°W McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | Southern | ||||
| Sea | Ross Sea (McMurdo Sound) | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Antarctica | ||||
| Collected By | Moisan,T | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Fryxell,G | ||||
| Isolated Date | 02/01/1991 | ||||
| Identified By | Fryxell,G | ||||
| Deposited By | Fryxell,G | ||||
| Deposit Date | 01/14/1992 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | MC37 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 02/04/2005 | ||||
| Other Information | ice edge 50m | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Cold Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 2 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 0 - 6 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 20 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 42 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 40 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 40 |
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….5umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1