Lithodesmium undulatum Ehrenberg
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 28.62°N -89.75°W Gulf of Mexico | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Gulf of Mexico | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Brand,L | ||||
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| Isolated By | Brand,L | ||||
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| Deposited By | Brand,L | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | L1050, A1050 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 07/26/2006 | ||||
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| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
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| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2, L1+ Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 20 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 38 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 63 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 31 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 35 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every four weeks at 30uL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…24umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…19umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Trait-dependent variability of the response of marine phytoplankton to oil and dispersant exposure (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X20300242)
Physiological response of 10 phytoplankton species exposed to macondo oil and the dispersant, Corexit (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29464721/)
Chitin in diatoms and its association with the cell wall (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2708456/)