Microchloropsis gaditana (L.M.Lubin) M.W.Fawley, I.Jameson & K.P.Fawley
| Common Name | chromists | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 32.8333°N -9°W Lagune de Oualidia, Morocco | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Mediterranean Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Unknown | ||||
| Collected By | Billard | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Billard | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | Andersen,RA | ||||
| Deposited By | Lewin,R | ||||
| Deposit Date | 04/10/1990 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | NO1, Billard strain | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | genus designation changed from Nannochloropsis to Microchloropsis per Fawley et. al., 2015;; enome comlpeted | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Robust, High Lipid, Warm Water | ||||
| 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) | 14 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 2 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 8 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 2 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 4 |
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 20 days. If interested, please contact the CCMP for the cryopreservation methods (freezing and/or thawing protocols).
Note that aquaculture strains are always maintained as actively growing cultures, even if also cryogenically stored. Therefore, aquaculture strains (see aquaculture express ordering on the CCMP home page) can be shipped immediately upon request.
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…23umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….40umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Q+A:
Q: I have trouble cultivating CCMP526 on the agar plate. There was no colony on the agar plate, could you advise me as to how to deal with it? What kind of solid medium used to select the transformation? They can grow very well in liquid medium.
A: I am afraid we do not have experience growing CCMP 526 on agar. I can guide you to our agar recipe. From our homepage go to resources, then algal media recipes. Here you will find the L1 medium derivatives including agar.
Documentation:
Phylogeny of the Eustigmatophyceae based upon 18S rDNA, with emphasis on Nannochloropsis (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461098700100)
Nannochloropsis genomes reveal evolution of microalgal oleaginous traits (https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004094)