Emiliania huxleyi (Lohm.) Hay et Mohler
| Common Name | coccolithophore | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 50.1669°N -4.2504°W 1mi west of the Eddystone, English Channel (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
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| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | Parke,M | ||||
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| Isolated By | Parke,M | ||||
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| Identified By | Parke,M | ||||
| Deposited By | Blankley,W | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | 92A, CCAP 920/1A; Plymouth 92, Plymouth 92d aka MBAUK 92d, UTEX1016 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/15/2025 | ||||
| Other Information | no coccoliths | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | no coccoliths | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2-Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 16 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 5 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 5 |
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 34 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 at 10uL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….10umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….4umol quanta m-2 s-1
Q+A:
Q: Please may you confirm whether CCMP379 is still axenic? How do you test for axenity? Likewise for CCMP3266
A: CCMP379 is tested regularly in test media as well as visual inspection with a compound microscope.
Documentation:
Partial characterization of dimethylsulfonio-propionate (DMSP) lyase isozymes in 6 strains of Emiliania huxleyi (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24831855)
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)
The effect of light stress on the release of volatile iodocarbons by three species of marine macroalgae (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2849)
Chemical defense in the microplankton I: feeding and growth rates of heterotrophic protists on the DMS-producing phytoplankter Emiliania huxleyi (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lo.2003.48.1.0217)