Emiliania huxleyi (Lohm.) Hay et Mohler
| Common Name | coccolithophore | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | -42.3°N 169.8333°W | ||||
| Ocean | South Pacific | ||||
| Sea | Tasman Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Australia | ||||
| Collected By | Probert,I | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Probert,I | ||||
| Isolated Date | 01/01/1998 | ||||
| Identified By | Probert,I | ||||
| Deposited By | von Dassow,P | ||||
| Deposit Date | 10/20/2009 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | RCC1216A,TQ26 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 03/04/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | produces coccoliths / in high nutrient medium this should be grown in flasks or tissue culture flasks to maintain coccoliths | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si, f/5, K/2, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 17 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 4 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 5 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 4 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 5 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…41umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
The influence of marine microbial activities on aerosol production: A laboratory mesocosm study (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015JD023469)
Phytoplankton defenses: Do Emiliania huxleyi coccoliths protect against microzooplankton predators? (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.10655)
The bacterial symbiont Phaeobacter inhibens shapes the life history of its algal host Emiliania huxleyi (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00188/full)