Heterocapsa triquetra Stein
| Common Name | alveolates | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 47.02°N -70.79°W St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada (lat long very approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Prakash,A | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Deposited By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Deposit Date | 06/01/1982 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | PERITRI | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Temperate | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASP8a, f/2-Si, K, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 16 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 16 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 24 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 12 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 10 |
New daughter set created every two weeks
Daughter set……….…23umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….22umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….5umol 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)
Isolation and cultivation of microalgae select for low growth rate and tolerance to high pH (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568988312001436)
Birefringence and DNA condensation of liquid crystalline chromosomes (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2950428/)
Characterization of sulfate assimilation in marine algae focusing on the enzyme 5'-Adenylylsulfate reductase (https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/123/3/1087/6087620)
Cell-surface proteolytic activity of photosynthetic dinoflagellates (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v30/n2/p175-183/)