Tetraselmis sp.

New daughter set created every three weeks

Daughter set……….…39umol quanta m-2 s-1

Mother set………….….8umol quanta m-2 s-1

Grandmother set….….16umol quanta m-2 s-1

Q+A:

Q: I am interested in purchasing a start of Tetraselmis chuii. I have looked it up in your system and three strains listed as Tetraselmis sp. come up but none specifically identified as chuii. I am still on the search for a heterotrophically adaptable strain as it turns out that our current strain (maculata) does not seem to be readily adaptable. I suppose I have two questions; 1: Do you have a Tetraselmis chuii strain, 2: if so what kind of lead time would you need if I was to decide to order a start?

A: Any culture listed as sp. has yet to be identified down to the species. As a repository we depend on the depositor to provide all relevant information. That being said, we have a Tetraselmis that is regularly sold to aquaculture facilities, CCMP908. It does grow heterotrophically in our axenic testing under dark discipline.

Documentation:

An electrophoretic survey of the genus Tetraselmis (Chlorophyta, Prasinophyceae) (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2216/i0031-8884-25-2-205.1)

Toxin-producing cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena, potential competitors and grazers: testing mechanisms of reciprocal interactions (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230561109_Toxin-producing_cyanobacterium_Nodularia_spumigena_potential_competitors_and_grazers_Testing_mechanisms_of_reciprocal_interactions)

A comparison of TO-PRO-1 iodide and 5-CFDA-AM staining methods for assessing viability of planktonic algae with epifluorescence microscopy (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22446098/)

Nutritional properties of microalgae for mariculture (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044848696015013?via%3Dihub)