Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohm.) Hay et Mohler
| Common Name | coccolithophore | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 32°N -62°W | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Sargasso Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Open ocean | ||||
| Collected By | Palenik,B | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Palenik,B | ||||
| Isolated Date | 06/21/1987 | ||||
| Identified By | Ohlmeyer,H | ||||
| Deposited By | Palenik,B | ||||
| Deposit Date | 02/05/1988 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | 1A1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/03/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | 40 meter depth/ no coccoliths | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | no coccoliths | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Warm 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 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 6 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 1 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 2 |
CCMP372 was cryopreserved on Oct 24 2002 using 5% DMSO as a cryoprotectant.
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 40 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 40 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 three weeks at 10uL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…42umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…23umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….19umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Estimating the capability of different phytoplankton groups to adapt to contamination: herbicides will affect phytoplankton species differently (https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03370.x)
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)
A genetic marker to separate Emiliania huxleyi (prymnesiophyceae) morphotypes (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04188.x)