Microchloropsis salina (D.J.Hibbard) M.W.Fawley, I.Jameson & K.P.Fawley
| Common Name | chromists | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 41.6°N -71.4°W Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island USA (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Narragansett Bay | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Lewin,R | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Lewin,R | ||||
| Isolated Date | 01/01/1986 | ||||
| Identified By | Andersen,RA | ||||
| Deposited By | Lewin,R | ||||
| Deposit Date | 04/10/1990 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | 278-02 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 03/04/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | genus designation changed from Nannochloropsis to Microchloropsis per Fawley et. al., 2015; pool above HWM.turbid water,probably component of picopleuston | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Robust, High Lipid, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2 agar, f/2-Si, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 8 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 2 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 4 |
CCMP369 was cryopreserved on Oct 27 1999 using 5% MeOH as a cryoprotectant.
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 25 days. If interested, please contact the CCMP for the cryopreservation methods (freezing and/or thawing protocols).
Note that aquaculture strains are always maintained as actively growing cultures, even if also cryogenically stored. Therefore, aquaculture strains (see aquaculture express ordering on the CCMP home page) can be shipped immediately upon request.
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 25 days. If interested, please contact the CCMP for the cryopreservation methods (freezing and/or thawing protocols).
Note that aquaculture strains are always maintained as actively growing cultures, even if also cryogenically stored. Therefore, aquaculture strains (see aquaculture express ordering on the CCMP home page) can be shipped immediately upon request.
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…36umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….15umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Phylogeny of the Eustigmatophyceae based upon 18S rDNA, with emphasis on Nannochloropsis (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461098700100)
The phylogeny of the genus Nannochloropsis (Monodopsidaceae, Eustigmatophyceae), with descriptions of N. australis sp. nov. and Microchloropsis gen. nov. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2216/15-60.1)
Potential of lipid metabolism in marine diatoms for biofuel production (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25763104/)