Symbiodinium tridacnidorum Lee, Jeong, Kang, et. LaJeunesse
| Common Name | zooxanthellae | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | -20°N 149°W Great Barrier Reef, Australia (very approx.) | ||||
| Ocean | South Pacific | ||||
| Sea | Coral Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Australia | ||||
| Collected By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Isolated Date | 09/01/1966 | ||||
| Identified By | LaJeunesse,T | ||||
| Deposited By | Provasoli,L | ||||
| Deposit Date | 07/01/1983 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | TC1 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 09/02/2025 | ||||
| Other Information | isolated from Tridacna crocera | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Warm Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | Yes | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 - Si |
| Other Reported Growth Media | K, L1 - Si, Prov50 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 9 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Min) | |
| Cell Width (Max) |
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/)
Most harmful algal bloom species are vitamin B1 and B12 auxotrophs (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1009566107)