Symbiodinium sp.
| Common Name | zooxanthellae | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 32.376°N -64.68°W Bermuda (lat long very approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Sargasso Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Iglesias-P,R | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Iglesias-P,R | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | LaJuenesse,T | ||||
| Deposited By | LaJuenesse,T | ||||
| Deposit Date | 07/29/2004 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | 379; phylogenetic clade A4 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 07/03/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | Isolated from Plexaura homamalla, an octocoral (Alcyonaria); phylogenetic clade A4 | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 10 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every four weeks at 40uL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…24umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set…………...10umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set……20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Dark production of extracellular superoxide by the coral Porites astreoides and representative symbionts (https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fc55758)