Skeletonema menzelii Guillard, Carpenter et Reim
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 41.76°N -70.2°W Chase Creek, Dennis, Masachusetts USA | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Gulf of Maine, Cape Cod Bay | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Walsh,D | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Walsh,D | ||||
| Isolated Date | 09/09/1979 | ||||
| Identified By | Hargraves,P | ||||
| Deposited By | Walsh,D | ||||
| Deposit Date | 01/29/1985 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | ARC1, DW, DWSKEL, ARC2, SK(CC) | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 03/04/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | |||||
| 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 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | f/2 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 14 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 11 - 16 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 3 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 4 |
CCMP790 was cryopreserved on Nov 16 2006 using 15% DMSO as a cryoprotectant.
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 25 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.
The time required to regrow this culture, prior shipping, is approximately 25 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 four weeks
Daughter set……….…25umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….7umol 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)