Pfiesteria-like sp.
| Common Name | colorless flagellate | ||||
| Collection Site | 38.4°N -75.85°W station CCM0069, Chicamacomico River, Maryland USA (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Chesapeake Bay | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Herb,T and Stewart,J | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Morton,SL | ||||
| Isolated Date | 02/23/1998 | ||||
| Identified By | |||||
| Deposited By | Morton,SL | ||||
| Deposit Date | 03/11/1998 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | |||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | |||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | Taxon D | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | seawater (12 psu) + CCMP768 as food |
| Other Reported Growth Media | |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 18 - 22 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 15 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 20 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 15 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 20 |
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 16 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.
Documentation:
Recognizing toxic species in aquatic habitats: a potential concern in lake management (https://jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/jlimnol.2003.172)
The non-transcribed spacer of the rRNA locus as a target for specific detection of the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida and protistan parasites (Perkinsus spp.) (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256548186_The_non-transcribed_spacer_for_the_rRNA_locus_as_a_target_for_specific_detection_of_the_dinoflagellate_Pfiesteria_piscicida_and_protistan_parasites_Perkinsus_spp)
Description of a new genus of Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellate, Luciella gen. nov. (Dinophyceae), including two new species: Luciella masanensis sp. nov. and Luciella atlantis sp. nov. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00370.x)