• Alexandrium tamarense
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Sequences [ 1 ]
EMBL/Genbank Links
(Bold text = submission by CCAP staff or collaborators)
18S
Division/Phylum: Dinophyta (= Pyrrhophyta) Class: Dinophyceae Order: Gonyaulacales

Note: for strains where we have DNA barcodes we can be reasonably confident of identity, however for those not yet sequenced we rely on morphology and the original identification, usually made by the depositor. Although CCAP makes every effort to ensure the correct taxonomic identity of strains, we cannot guarantee that a strain is correctly identified at the species, genus or class levels. On this basis users are responsible for confirming the identity of the strain(s) they receive from us on arrival before starting experiments.
For strain taxonomy we generally use AlgaeBase for algae and Adl et al. (2019) for protists.

Culture media, purity and growth conditions:
Medium: L1; Bacteria present; maintained by serial subculture; or PE medium
Attributes
Authority(Lebour) Balech 1995
IsolatorAdams (1957)
Collection Site St Germans River, Tamar Estuary, Cornwall, England, UK
Climatic Zone Temperate
Axenicity Status Bacteria present
Area Europe
Country UK
Environment Marine
GMO No
Group Dinoflagellate
In Scope of Nagoya Protocol No
ABS Note Collected pre Nagoya Protocol. No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.
Collection Date 1957
Original Designation Plymouth 173
Pathogen Not pathogenic: Hazard Class 1
Strain Maintenance Sheet SM_MarineDinoflagellates.pdf
Toxin Producer Not Toxic / No Data
Type Culture No
Taxonomy WoRMS ID 109714
Equivalent StrainsCCMP115,NEPCC 183,Plymouth 173

CCAP 1119/1

Alexandrium tamarense


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