Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton et Parke
| Common Name | chlorophyta | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 43.8441°N -69.6413°W Bigelow Laboratory dock, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Gulf of Maine | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Selvin,R | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Selvin,R | ||||
| Isolated Date | 09/09/1989 | ||||
| Identified By | |||||
| Deposited By | Selvin,R | ||||
| Deposit Date | 04/05/1990 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | BLOS89-1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 12/21/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | mixed with Dinophysis | ||||
| 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 | f/2-Si, L1 - Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 21 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 1 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 2 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 1 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 2 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every two weeks at 20uL into 18mL
Daughter set……….…25umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
High variability in cellular stoichiometry of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus within classes of marine eukaryotic phytoplankton under sufficient nutrient concentrations (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880891/)