Heterosigma akashiwo (Y.Hada) Y.Hada ex Y.Hara & M.Chihara
| Common Name | chloromonads | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 38.6991°N -75.1097°W Torquay Canal, Bald Eagle Creek, Rehoboth Bay, Delaware USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Rehoboth Bay | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Whereat,E | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Zhang,Y | ||||
| Isolated Date | 09/07/2002 | ||||
| Identified By | Zhang,Y and Coyne,K | ||||
| Deposited By | Zhang,Y | ||||
| Deposit Date | 02/13/2004 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | H. Del | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 07/26/2006 | ||||
| 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 | |
| Other Reported Growth Media | L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | |
| Cell Length (Min) | 12 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 24 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 16 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…23umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….40umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Light intensity impacts the production of biofuel intermediates in Heterosigma akashiwo growing on simulated flue gas containing carbon dioxide and nitric oxide (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27494106/)
A comparison of future increased CO2 and temperature effects on sympatric Heterosigma akashiwo and Prorocentrum minimum (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568988307000923)