Helicotheca tamensis (Shrubsole) Ricard
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 30°N -60°W (lat long very approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Sargasso Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Open ocean | ||||
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| Deposited By | Brand,L | ||||
| Deposit Date | 04/27/1984 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | L85, A85, 85 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 07/05/2006 | ||||
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| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| 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) | 30 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 69 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 25 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 38 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…50umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….…16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Taxonomic variability of phosphorus stress in Sargasso Sea phytoplankton (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.2004.49.6.2303)