Nitzschia sp.
| Common Name | pennate diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 60°N -179°W Bering Sea (lat long very approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Pacific | ||||
| Sea | Bering Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America, Asia | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | VanBaalen,C | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | |||||
| Deposited By | VanBaalen,C | ||||
| Deposit Date | 03/26/1986 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | K3-3 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 09/02/2025 | ||||
| Other Information | from floating brown ice | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Cold Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASP2, f/2 agar, L1 agar, modified ASP2 agar |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 2 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 0 - 6 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 18 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 22 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 12 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every eight weeks
Daughter set……….…8umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….5umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….11umol quanta m-2 s-1