Alexandrium tamarense (Whedon et Kofoid) Balech
| Common Name | alveolates | ||||
| Collection Site | 22.3°N 114.3°W Da-ya Bay Guan-dong (Canton) Province, bay west of Hong Kong Island, China | ||||
| Ocean | |||||
| Sea | China Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Asia | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | |||||
| Isolated Date | 08/01/1991 | ||||
| Identified By | Moestrup,O | ||||
| Deposited By | |||||
| Deposit Date | 04/26/1993 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | ATCI01, CCMP1493 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 09/02/2025 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 22 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 20 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 30 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 20 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 25 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
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:
Birefringence and DNA condensation of liquid crystalline chromosomes (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2950428/)