Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm et al.
| Common Name | blue-green algae | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 35°N 20°W Eastern Mediterranean Sea (lat long 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 | Zinser,E (Chisolm lab) | ||||
| Deposit Date | 02/06/2004 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | MED4, CCMP1378, CCMP1986 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/03/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | 5M depth (high light adapted) | ||||
| 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 Mod |
| Other Reported Growth Media | |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 17 - 27 °C |
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New daughter set created every three weeks at 250uL into 18mL
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:
Glutamine synthetase from the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus spp.: characterization, phylogeny and response to nutrient limitation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12713467/)
Elemental composition of marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus : Implications for the ecological stoichiometry of the sea (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.2003.48.5.1721)
Release of dissolved organic matter by Prochlorococcus (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252613206_Release_of_dissolved_organic_matter_by_Prochlorococcus)
Phosphate acquisition genes in Prochlorococcus ecotypes: evidence for genome wide adaptation (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0601301103)
Ecotypic variation in phosphorus-acquisition mechanisms within marine picocyanobacteria (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v39/n3/p257-269/)
Iodomethane production by two important marine cyanobacteria: Prochlorococcus marinus (CCMP 2389) and Synechococcus sp. (CCMP 2370) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304420311000132)
Effect of dead phytoplankton cells on the apparent efficiency of photosystem II (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v382/p35-40/)