Phaeocystis antarctica
| Common Name | golden algae | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | -77.8333°N 163°W McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | Southern | ||||
| Sea | Ross Sea (McMurdo Sound) | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Antarctica | ||||
| Collected By | Putt,M | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Brett,S and Jacobson,D | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | Jacobson,D | ||||
| Deposited By | Berg,M | ||||
| Deposit Date | 12/21/2011 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | CCMP1374, B991K | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 09/02/2025 | ||||
| Other Information | near sea ice | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | colonies and free swimming | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Cold Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si, K, L/20, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 2 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 2 - 6 °C |
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New daughter set created every six weeks
Daughter set……….…13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….4umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
The direct measurement of intracellular pigments in phytoplankton using resonance Raman spectroscopy (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304420315300438)