Symbiodinium pilosum Trench et Blank
| Common Name | zooxanthellae | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 18°N -77°W Jamaica (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Caribbean Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Schoenberg,D | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Colley,N | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | LaJuenesse,T | ||||
| Deposited By | LaJuenesse,T | ||||
| Deposit Date | 07/30/2004 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | 185; phylogenetic clade A2 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/27/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | Isolated from a colonial zoanthid, Zoanthus sociatus (Anthozoa); belongs in phylogenetic clade A2 | ||||
| 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) | 10 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 14 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 14 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every five weeks
Daughter set……….…33umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…10umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….…10umol quanta m-2 s-1