Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm et al.
| Common Name | blue-green algae | ||||
| Collection Site | 35°N 20°W Eastern Mediterranean Sea (lat long very approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Mediterranean Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | Vaulot,D and Partensky,F | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Frankel,S and West-Johnsrud,L | ||||
| Isolated Date | 03/01/1991 | ||||
| Identified By | Vaulot,D | ||||
| Deposited By | Sullivan,M (of the Chisholm,P lab) | ||||
| Deposit Date | 12/07/2000 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | MED4, CCMP1378,CCMP2389 is the axenic reisolate | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 07/26/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | as of 22Aug2016-toxin work not yet completed; 5M depth; high light adapted; genome sequenced | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | 1.2-1.6 um long by 0.6-0.8um wide | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | Pro99 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 12 - 27 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | |
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New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…42umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…17umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….…16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Measurement of Prochlorococcus ecotypes using real-time polymerase chain reaction reveals different abundance of genotypes with similar light physiologies (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16478451/)
Nitrate is reduced by heterotrophic bacteria by not transferred to Prochlorococcus in non-axenic cultures (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19709249/)