Thalassiosira antarctica Comber
| Common Name | centric diatom | ||||
| Taxonomy by Gene Sequence | No | ||||
| Collection Site | 59.5°N 10.6°W Oslo Fjord, Norway | ||||
| Ocean | North Atlantic | ||||
| Sea | North Sea | ||||
| Nearest Continent | Europe | ||||
| Collected By | Syvertsen,E | ||||
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| Identified By | Johansen,J | ||||
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| Strain Synonyms | A(C), A | ||||
| Is The Strain Currently Axenic? | No | ||||
| When Was It Last Tested? | 10/11/2006 | ||||
| Other Information | neritic | ||||
| Authentic Type/Strain | No | ||||
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| 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) | 14 |
| Cell Length (Max) | 26 |
| Cell Width (Min) | 10 |
| Cell Width (Max) | 12 |
There is no cryopreservation record for this strain
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)
Effect of acidification on preservation of DMSP in seawater and phytoplankton cultures: Evidence for rapid loss and cleavage of DMSP in samples containing Phaeocystis sp (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304420310001386)