Heterosigma akashiwo (Y.Hada) Y.Hada ex Y.Hara & M.Chihara
| Common Name | chloromonads | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 47.6047°N -124.3755°W Kalaloch, Washington USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Pacific | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Horner,R | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Horner,R | ||||
| Isolated Date | 09/19/1996 | ||||
| Identified By | Horner,R and Connell,L | ||||
| Deposited By | Connell,L | ||||
| Deposit Date | 06/10/1999 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | NWFSC-500, Kalaloch | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 02/22/2005 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 25 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 22 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 6 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 14 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…23umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….33umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….22umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Nitrogen utilization by the raphidophyte Heterosigman akashiwo: growth and uptake kinetics in laboratory cultures (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568988306001065)
Development of real-time PCR assays for the detection of Chattonella species in culture and environmental samples (https://works.bepress.com/torstein/21/)