Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech
| Common Name | alveolates | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 50.36°N -4.15°W Tamar Estuary, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | English Channel | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Adams,I | ||||
| Isolated Date | 06/24/1957 | ||||
| Identified By | |||||
| Deposited By | Guillard,R | ||||
| Deposit Date | 07/14/1997 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | CCMP115, PLY173, NEPCC183, Tamar strain | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | non-toxic | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | Yes | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 24 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 35 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 40 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 38 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 40 |
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:
Light backscattering properties of marine phytoplankton: relationships to cell size, chemical composition and taxonomy (https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/26/2/191/1490132)
Identification of bacteria associated with dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) Alexandrium spp. using tyramide signal amplification-fluorescent in situ hybridization and confocal microscopy (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01045.x)
Cell-surface proteolytic activity of photosynthetic dinoflagellates (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v30/n2/p175-183/)