Prymnesium polylepis (Manton & Parke) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert
| Common Name | golden algae | ||||
| Collection Site | 64.75°N 21.3333°W Kristineberg, Sweden (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | North Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | Edler,L | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Guillard,R | ||||
| Isolated Date | 08/05/1988 | ||||
| Identified By | Thomsen,H | ||||
| Deposited By | Guillard,R | ||||
| Deposit Date | 08/05/1988 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | CCMP285, ED1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 03/15/2023 | ||||
| Other Information | toxic red tide | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | Yes | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1-Si at 27psu |
| Other Reported Growth Media | Chry, K, L1 - Si, L1-si (27 psu) |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 21 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 6 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 8 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 4 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 7 |
New daughter set created every two weeks
Daughter set……….…25umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Light backscattering properties of marine phytoplankton: relationships to cell size, chemical composition and taxonomy (https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/26/2/191/1490132)
Conserved transcriptional responses to nutrient stress in bloom-forming algae (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28769884/)