The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-1334  
Phylum Kathablepharida   Class Kathablepharidea 
Scientific name Kathablepharis japonica Okamoto et Inouye  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Tokyo Bay Japan (2004-01-20)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < TKB;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Okamoto, Noriko (2004-03-15)  
Identified by Okamoto, Noriko  
State of strain Mixed; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  mIMR (NIES-1333 should be cultured in advance as a prey)  
Temperature: 20 C
Light intensity: 15-22 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 1 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AB193602 )
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Predator , Autotrophic , Phagotrophic; Feeds on Chrysochromulina sp. (NIES-1333)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TKB-090 (nrc066)  
Remarks  

Reference
875)   Okamoto, N., Inouye, I. 2005 The katablepharids are a distant sister group of the Cryptophyta: a proposal for Katablepharidophyta divisio nova/Kathablepharida phylum novum based on SSU rDNA and beta-tubulin phylogeny. Protist, 156, 163-179. , Keywords: beta-tubulin; Cryptophyta; Katablepharidophyta/Kathablepharida; Katablepharis/Kathablepharis japonica; Leucocrypta; Leucocryptos marina; phylogeny; SSU rDNA , Strain(s): 133313341335