Bigelowiella longifila S. Ota & K. Ishida in S. Ota, K. Ueda, & K. Ishida
| Common Name | amoebae | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 32.376°N -64.71°W NW Bermuda (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Sargasso Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Open ocean | ||||
| Collected By | Cook,P | ||||
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| Isolated By | Cook,P | ||||
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| Identified By | Ota,S Ueda,K and Ishida | ||||
| Deposited By | Cook,P (WHOI) | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | BEAST | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 11/30/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | Yes | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | PROV50 + rice added after autoclaving |
| Other Reported Growth Media | Blue Star agar, PROV50 + rice added after autoclaving |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 16 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 20 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 20 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every two weeks at 1mL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…43umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
DNA barcoding of Chlorarachniophytes using nucleomorph ITS sequences (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00851.x)
Taxonomic study of Bigelowiella longifila sp. nov. (Chlorarachniophyta) and a time-lapse video observation of the unique migration of amoeboid cells (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00316.x)