The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data

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Strain number NIES-8  
Phylum Haptophyta   Class Prymnesiophyceae 
Scientific name Pleurochrysis roscoffensis (Dangeard) Fresnel et Billard  
Synonym Cricosphaera roscoffensis (Dangeard) Gayral et Fresnel  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Osaka Bay Osaka Japan (1978-09-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine  
History < Watanabe, Makoto M.  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Yamochi, Susumu (-----)  
Identified by Yamochi, Susumu  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2013 Jan]  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  f/2  
Temperature: 20 C
Light intensity: 32-40 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 1 M  
Gene information CO1 ( AB000117 )
Cell size (min - max) - 12 μm   Organization  
Characteristics Red tide  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : OCri  
Remarks  

Reference
166)   Hamana, K., Niitsu, M. 2006 Cellular polyamines of lower eukaryotes belonging to the phyla Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta, Cryptophyta, Haptophyta and Percolozoa. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 52, 235-240. , Keywords: Cryptophyta; Glaucophyta; Haptophyta; Perclozoa; polyamine; Rhodophyta , Strain(s): 82742762772823533886997067157417637641016101710321036133214411456145714621463146714731516 

215)   Hayashi-Ishimaru, Y., Ehara, M., Inagaki, Y., Ohama, T. 1997 A deviant mitochondrial genetic code in prymnesiophytes (yellow-algae): UGA codon for tryptophan. Curr. Genet., 32, 296-299. , Keywords: Prymnesiophyta; deviant genetic code; cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; the codon-capture theory , Strain(s): 8353388 

889)   Okuyama, H., Morita, N., Kogame, K. 1992 Occurrence of octadecapentaenoic acid in lipids of a cold stenothermic alga, prymnesiophyte strain B. J. Phycol., 28, 465-472. , Keywords: Antarctic; cold stenotherm; fatty acid composition; octadecapentaenoic acid; prymnesiophytes; psychrophile , Strain(s): 8