Alexandrium insuetum Balech
| Common Name | alveolates | ||||
| Collection Site | 34.02°N 131.03°W Uchiumi Bay, Kagawa, Japan (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Pacific | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | Asia | ||||
| Collected By | Yoshimatsu,S | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Yoshimatsu,S | ||||
| Isolated Date | 06/06/1985 | ||||
| Identified By | Yoshimatsu,S | ||||
| Deposited By | Kawachi,M | ||||
| Deposit Date | |||||
| Strain Synonyms | N-678, NIES-678 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | L1 - Si, Prov |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 17 - 22 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 22 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 28 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 18 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 24 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…75umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…39umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
A search for mixotrophy and mucus trap production in Alexandrium spp. and the dynamics of mucus trap formation in Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568988317300094)
Differential feeding by common heterotrophic protists on 12 different Alexandrium species (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30196918/)
Colorimetric detection of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum using sandwich hybridization in a microtiter plate assay (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568988307001011)