Heterosigma akashiwo (Y.Hada) Y.Hada ex Y.Hara & M.Chihara
| Common Name | chloromonads | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 40.46°N -74.03°W Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Sandy Hook Bay | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Mahoney,J | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Mahoney,J | ||||
| Isolated Date | 06/26/1963 | ||||
| Identified By | Throndsen,J | ||||
| Deposited By | Mahoney,J | ||||
| Deposit Date | 04/29/1995 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | |||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| 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 | K, L1-Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 10 - 30 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 16 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 20 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 18 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…23umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….40umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Development of real-time PCR assays for the detection of Chattonella species in culture and environmental samples (https://works.bepress.com/torstein/21/)