Tabularia_cf tabulata
| Common Name | araphid diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 59.6°N -151.52°W south of Homer, Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA (lat long approximate) | ||||
| Ocean | North Pacific | ||||
| Sea | |||||
| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | |||||
| Collection Date | |||||
| Isolated By | VanBaalen,C | ||||
| Isolated Date | |||||
| Identified By | Medlin,L | ||||
| Deposited By | VanBaalen,C | ||||
| Deposit Date | 03/26/1986 | ||||
| Strain Synonyms | 4D | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 09/02/2025 | ||||
| Other Information | growing on rocks in stream | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
| Morphological Data | |||||
| Attributes | Algae, Marine, Cold Water | ||||
| Additional Resources | Genbank Genome Transcriptome AlgaeBase | ||||
| Genome Sequence Link | No | ||||
| Medium Used for Maintenance | L1 |
| Other Reported Growth Media | ASP2, Blue Star agar, f/2p, L1 + Si |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 2 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 0 - 16 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 14 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 26 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 16 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….5umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Towards a multigene phylogeny of the Cymatosiraceae (Bacillariophyta, Mediophyceae) I: novel taxa within the subfamily cymatosiroideae based on molecular and morphological data (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpy.12501)
Adaptations of araphid pennate diatoms to a planktonic existence (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00262.x)