Strain number NIES-472  
Phylum Dinophyta  
Class Dinophyceae  
Scientific name Heterocapsa ovata Iwataki & Fukuyo  
Synonym  
Former name Heterocapsa pygmaea Lobelich III, Schmidt et Sherley  
Common name Dinoflagellate  
Locality (Date of collection) Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan (1986-08-04)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Sawaguchi, Tomohiro  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Sawaguchi, Tomohiro (1986-08-20)  
Identified by Sawaguchi, Tomohiro  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( AB084098 )  
Cell size (min - max) - 20 μm  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KSTH-23  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
Movie  
Reference
Iwataki, M., Hansen, G., Sawaguchi, T., Hiroishi, S., Fukuyo, Y. 2004 Investigations of body scales in twelve Heterocapsa species (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae), including a new species H. pseudotriquetra sp. nov. Phycologia, 43, 394-403.
Strain(s): 420472473 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-4-394.1

Iwataki, M., Botes, L., Sawaguchi, T., Sekiguchi, K., Fukuyo, Y. 2003 Cellular and body scale structure of Heterocapsa ovata sp. nov. and Heterocapsa orientalis sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia, 42, 629-637.
Strain(s): 472 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-42-6-629.1

Yoshida, T., Nakai, R., Seto, H., Wang, M.-K., Iwataki, M., Hiroishi, S. 2003 Production of superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide associated with cell growth of Chattonella antiqua. Microbes Environ., 18, 216-222.
Keywords: dinoflagellate; Heterocapsa circularisquama; internal transcribed spacer; ITS; red tide
Strain(s): 472474 
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.18.216

Hiroishi, S., Nakai, R., Seto, H., Yoshida, T., Imai, I. 2002 Identification of Heterocapsa circularisquama by means of antibody. Fish. Sci., 68, Suppl., 627-628.
Keywords: identification; Heterocapsa; dinoflagellate; antibody
Strain(s): 7235472473 
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.68.sup1_627

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