Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg
| Common Name | alveolates | ||||
| Collection Site | 32.9°N -117.255°W Scripps Institute of Oceanography, pier, La Jolla, California USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Pacific | ||||
| Sea | California Bight | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Dodson,A | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Dodson,A | ||||
| Isolated Date | 03/01/1969 | ||||
| Identified By | Cox | ||||
| Deposited By | Thomas,W | ||||
| Deposit Date | 05/12/1982 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | WTPM | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 12/20/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | flagellate | ||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, 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, K, L1 - Si, Prov |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 20 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 40 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 52 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 24 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 32 |
New daughter set created every four weeks
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:
Contribution of external morphology in solving a species complex: the case of Prorocentrum micans, Prorocentrum gracile and Prorocentrum sigmoides (Dinoflagellata) from the Mexican Pacific Coast (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00440.x)