Gambierdiscus pacificus M. Chinain & M. Faust
| Common Name | alveolates | ||||
| Collection Site | -17.485°N -149.88°W Moorea, Society Islands | ||||
| Ocean | South Pacific | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | Micronesia | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Babinchak,J | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | Litaker,R | ||||
| Deposited By | Babinchak,J | ||||
| Deposit Date | 04/12/1994 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | MR1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/03/2007 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | Modified K |
| Other Reported Growth Media | K, L1 - Si, Modified K |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
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New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…39umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…26umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Phylogeography, morphological variation and taxonomy of the toxic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus (Dinophyceae) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568988308000024)
Characteristic profiles ofCiguateratoxins in different strains of Gambierdiscus spp. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041010109004085?via%3Dihub)