Thalassiosira aestivalis Gran
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 42.6706°N -69.6°W station 855B | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
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| Nearest Continent | North America | ||||
| Collected By | Swift,D | ||||
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| Isolated By | Swift,D | ||||
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| Deposited By | Swift,D | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | 78, DS78B, DS78 | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | Yes | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 01/05/2026 | ||||
| Other Information | 10M depth, 4.1^C | ||||
| 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 | f/2, f/2 agar, L1 agar |
| Maintenance Temperature (°C) | 2 °C |
| Known Temperature Range (°C) | 0 - 6 °C |
| Cell Length (Min) | 18 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 32 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 8 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 14 |
New daughter set created every eight weeks
Daughter set……….…5umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….13umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….7umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Pumped up by the cold: elemental quotas and stoichiometry of cold-water diatoms (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00286/full)