Skeletonema tropicum Cleve
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Collection Site | 29.3833°N -94.8833°W Galveston Channel, Texas USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Gulf of Mexico | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Fryxell,G | ||||
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| Isolated By | Fryxell,G | ||||
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| Identified By | Guillard,R | ||||
| Deposited By | Fryxell,G | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | FRY1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 07/05/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | long chains | ||||
| 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 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 20 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 20 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 5 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 10 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…26umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…20umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….10umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Diversity in the genus Skeletonema (Bacillariophyceae): III. Phylogenetic position and morphological variability of Skeletonema costatum and Skeletonema grevillei, with the description of Skeletonema ardens sp. nov. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00305.x)