Microchloropsis salina (D.J.Hibbard) M.W.Fawley, I.Jameson & K.P.Fawley
| Common Name | chromists | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 55.75°N -4.96°W Skate Point, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland, United Kingdom (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | Droop,M | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Droop,M | ||||
| Isolated Date | 01/01/1965 | ||||
| Identified By | Hibberd,DJ | ||||
| Deposited By | Turner,M | ||||
| Deposit Date | 09/25/1997 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | CCAP 849/2 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | genus designation changed from Nannochloropsis to Microchloropsis per Fawley et. al., 2015; rock pool | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Robust, High Lipid | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | Yes | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 14 - 22 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 2 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 4 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 2 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 3 |
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 28 days. If interested, please contact the CCMP for the cryopreservation methods (freezing and/or thawing protocols).
Note that aquaculture strains are always maintained as actively growing cultures, even if also cryogenically stored. Therefore, aquaculture strains (see aquaculture express ordering on the CCMP home page) can be shipped immediately upon request.
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…26umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….50umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….33umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Bacterial communities protect the alga Microchloropsis salina from grazing by the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211926418310051)
Energetic evaluation of an internally illuminated photobioreactor for algal cultivation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21766245/)
Hydrothermal liquefaction of high- and low-lipid algae: Bio-crude oil chemistry (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261917311261)
Effects of light and temperature on fatty acid production in Nannochloropsis salina (https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/3/731)
Demonstration of the potential of Picochlorum soloecismus as a microalgal platform for the production of renewable fuels (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211926419300712)