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 | 02/14/2001 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | CCMP115, PLY173, NEPCC183, Tamar strain; CCMP1771 is the axenic reisolate | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 10/25/2011 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | nontoxic | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | Erd-Schreiber, f/2-Si, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 22 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 28 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 44 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 28 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 40 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…58umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…25umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….26umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Harmful alga trades off growth and toxicity in response to cues from dead phytoplankton (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.11414)