The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-1865  
Phylum Heterokontophyta  
Class Aurearenophyceae  
Scientific name Aurearena cruciata Kai, Yoshii, Nakayama et Inouye  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Hashikui Beach Kushimoto Wakayama Japan (2005-07-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Sand)  
History < TKB;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kai, Atsushi (2005-07-**)  

Identified by

Kai, Atsushi  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium: IMK
Temperature: 25 ℃
Light intensity: 30 µmol photons/m2/sec
Duration: 1 M  
Gene information
Characteristics Autotrophic  
Other strain no. TKB-339  
Remarks  

Reference
305)   Kai, A., Yoshii, Y., Nakayama, T., Inouye, I. 2008 Aurearenophyceae classis nova, a new class of Heterokontophyta based on a new marine unicellular alga Aurearena cruciata gen. et sp. nov. inhabiting sandy beaches. Protist, 159, 435-457.