Gambierdiscus toxicus Adachi et Fukuyo
| Common Name | dinoflagellate | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | found in an aquarium facility in Ithaca, New York, USA | ||||
| Ocean | unknown | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | Unknown | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Holland,C | ||||
| Isolated Date | 02/01/2016 | ||||
| Identified By | Vandersea,M | ||||
| Deposited By | Litaker,W., Holland,C and Lowe,S | ||||
| Deposit Date | 01/10/2017 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | |||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 09/09/2016 | ||||
| Other Information | id confirmed by qPCR as well as ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rRNA; the tank contained Caribbean coral and fish as well as some Pacific corals | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | Modified K |
| Other Reported Growth Media | Modified K |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 24 - 25 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 54 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 60 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 52 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 58 |
New daughter set created every three weeks in tissue culture flasks at 1mL into 36mL
Daughter set……….…39umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…26umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1