<strong>Algae Express</strong> <br>UTEX 646 <br><i>Phaeodactylum tricornutum</i>
Algae Detail UTEX Number: 646 Class: Bacillariophyceae Strain: Phaeodactylum tricornutum Media: F/2 Medium Origin: Segelskär, Finland Description of Location: no data available Type Culture: No Collection: no data available Isolation: M.R. Droop (1951) Isolator Number: no data available Deposition: CCAP (3/55) Relatives: UTEX 2089; CCAP 1052/6 aka SMBA 14 [Millport 14]; SAG 1090-6; NIBB 3009 aka ORI-B15N, NIBB 3010 Also Known As: Nitzschia closterium f. minutissima aka T-form Notes: 1974 renamed by J.C. Lewin (pers. Comm.); light harvesting pigment proteins, monospecific antibodies (Friedman & Alberte 1987); guanine metabolism (Allison & Syrett 1987); urea metabolism/nickel & nitrogen deprivation effect (Syrett & Peplinska 1988); antifungal activity (Kellam et al. 1989); lipid content (Yongmanitchae & Ward 1991); (Lewin 1958); In 1974, J.C. Lewin (pers. Comm.) identified some of our Nitzchia cultures as Phaeodactylum [see UTEX 640, 642, 646 & 2089] with the following explanation: "Oval cells of Phaeodactylum occur in cultures kept on agar. There is a gradual transformation back to the fusiform state, after oval cells are inoculated into liquid medium. Sometimes, people who don't know about this unusual life style may end up being fooled." View the Non-Algae Express version ($125 USD) here.