Symbiodinium minimum LaJeunesse et. al.
| Common Name | zooxanthellae | ||||
| Collection Site | 32.376°N -64.68°W Bermuda Biological Station, Bermuda (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | Sargasso Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Open ocean | ||||
| Collected By | Lesser,M | ||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | Lesser,M | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | LaJeunesse,T | ||||
| Deposited By | Lesser,M | ||||
| Deposit Date | 10/05/1987 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | APA | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 06/27/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | Aiptasia pallida(sea anemone)symbiont | ||||
| 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, Blue Star agar, f/2-Si, K, L1 - Si, Prov50 |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 24 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 22 - 26 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 12 |
| 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/)
Birefringence and DNA condensation of liquid crystalline chromosomes (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2950428/)