Hemiselmis tepida Lane et Archibald
| Common Name | chromists | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 29.3833°N -94.8833°W Galveston Channel, Texas USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Gulf of Mexico | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | Lane,C | ||||
| Deposited By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Deposit Date | 03/01/1982 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | IVP8 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 09/02/2025 | ||||
| Other Information | depth? | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | K |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASM4, DCM, L1 + NH4, Prov50, |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 18 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 6 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 4 |
New daughter set created every three weeks at 60uL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…43umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…14umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….14umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Light backscattering properties of marine phytoplankton: relationships to cell size, chemical composition and taxonomy (https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/26/2/191/1490132)
Nuclear and Nucleomorph SSU rDNA Phylogeny in the Cryptophyta and the evolution of Cryptophyte diversity (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12107593/)
Molecular phylogeny of phycocyanin-containing cryptophytes: evolution of biliproteins and geographical distribution (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00530.x)
Phylogenetic relationships among Cryptophyta: Analysis of nuclear encoded SSU rRNA support the monophyly of extant plastic-containing lineages (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23194638/)
Light capture and pigment diversity in marine and freshwater cryptophytes (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpy.12816)