Symbiodinium microadriaticum Freudenthal
| Common Name | zooxanthellae | ||||
| Collection Site | 25°N -80.4°W Florida Keys, Florida USA (very approx.) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Caribbean Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Thomas,G | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Bomber,J | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | Thomas,J and Bomber,J | ||||
| Deposited By | Bomber,J | ||||
| Deposit Date | 02/06/1987 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | FIT151, SYM1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/27/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | shallow,sunny depth; isolated from Cassiopeia xamachana | ||||
| 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 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASP8a + glycero-PO4, K, L1 - Si, Prov50 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 6 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 12 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 6 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 9 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…40umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set…………...13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set…….9umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) lyase activity in different strains of the symbiotic alga Symbiodinium microadriaticum (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v386/p61-70/)
Use of fluorescein diacetate (FDA) as a single-cell probe of metabolic activity in dinoflagellate cultures (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01965581.1988.10749548)