Alexandrium mediterraneum U. John
| Common Name | dinoflagellate | ||||
| Collection Site | 40.75°N 14.25°W Gulf of Naples off of Naples, Italy (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Mediterranean Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | Montresor,M | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | |||||
| Isolated Date | 06/16/1999 | ||||
| Identified By | John,U, Murray,S, Litaker, W, Montresor,M, Brosnahan, M, Anderson,D | ||||
| Deposited By | Anderson,D and Kulis,D | ||||
| Deposit Date | 07/30/2014 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | SZN01, RCC4088 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 07/24/2015 | ||||
| Other Information | strain not producing toxin at this time as far as we know | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | Yes | ||||
| Morphological Data | flagellate; many cells wider than long | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1-Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | L1-Si, f/2-SI |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 18 - 20 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 32 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 44 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 36 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 44 |
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…65umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….42umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….…..20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Differential feeding by common heterotrophic protists on 12 different Alexandrium species (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30196918/)
Formal revision of the Alexandrium tamarense species complex (Dinophyceae) taxonomy: the introduction of five species with emphasis on molecular-based (rDNA) classification (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25460230/)