Heterosigma akashiwo (Y.Hada) Y.Hada ex Y.Hara & M.Chihara
| Common Name | chloromonads | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 41°N -73°W Long Island Sound, USA (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Long Island Sound | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Conover,R | ||||
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| Isolated By | Conover,R | ||||
| Isolated Date | 01/01/1952 | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | OLISTH | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 12/19/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Toxic, 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, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 5 - 30 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 15 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 14 |
New daughter set created every three weeks at 50uL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…30umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….6umol 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)
Bistability in oxidative stress response determines the migration behavior of phytoplankton in turbulence (https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2005944118)
Quantification and distinction of aplastidic and plastidic marine nanoplankton by fluorescence in situ hybridization (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v41/n2/p163-169/)
Development of real-time PCR assays for the detection of Chattonella species in culture and environmental samples (https://works.bepress.com/torstein/21/)
Effects of Heterosigma akashiwo (Raphidophyceae) on protist grazers: laboratory experiments with ciliates and heterotrophic dinoflagellates (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v39/n2/p121-134/)
Cryptic diversity in phytoplankton cultures is revealed using a simple plating technique (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00364.x)