Strain number NIES-333  
Phylum Heterokontophyta  
Class Bacillariophyceae  
Scientific name Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen  
Synonym Gaillonella granulata Ehrenberg 1843; Melosira granulata (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1861; Melosira punctata var. granulata (Ehrenberg) Cleve & Möller 1879; Lysigonium granulatum (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1891; Orthoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Schonfeldt 1907; Melosira polymorpha subsp. granulata (Ehrenberg) H.Bethge 1925  
Former name Melosira granulata (Ehrenberg) Ralfs var. angustissima O.Müller f. spiralis O.Müller  
Common name Centric diatom  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki, Japan (1983-05-09)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.0428477398 / 140.373233439 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Hiwatari, Takehiko  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Hiwatari, Takehiko (1983-05-10)  
Identified by Mizuno, Makoto; Kawachi, Masanobu (Reidentify)  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CSi  
Temperature:  15 (20) C
Light intensity:  12 (10-17) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M (10 D)  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC143217 )  
Cell size (min - max) 3 - 12 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : K-Melo  
Remarks Unstable; Axenic 
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