The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-936  
Phylum Chlorophyta   Class Prasinophyceae 
Scientific name Pterosperma cristatum Schiller  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Oku-Matsushima Miyagi Japan (1998-03-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Yoshii, Yukie  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Yoshii, Yukie (1999-04-**)  
Identified by Inouye, Isao  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  ESM  
Temperature: 20 C
Light intensity: 40-50 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 20 D  
Gene information
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Red tide , Autotrophic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Pt  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses 

Reference
442)   Kim, E., Simpson, A. G., Graham, L. E. 2006 Evolutionary relationships of apusomonads inferred from taxon-rich analyses of nuclear encoded genes. Mol. Biol. Evol., 23, 2455-2466. , Keywords: Apusomonas; Apusomonadidae; Opisthokonta; Amoebozoa; protists; evolution , Strain(s): 93695513331335 

1393)   Yoshii, Y., Takaichi, S., Maoka, T., Hanada, S., Inouye, I. 2002 Characterization of two unique carotenoid fatty acid esters from Pterosperma cristatum (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol., 38, 297-303. , Keywords: antenna pigment; carotenoid; Prasinophyceae; Pterosperma; siphonaxanthin; siphonaxanthin ester , Strain(s): 936