Strain number NIES-2746  
Phylum Dinophyta  
Class Dinophyceae  
Scientific name Symbiodinium sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Dinoflagellate ; Zooxanthellae  
Locality (Date of collection) Kitahama, Nakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan (2009-03-29)  
Latitude / Longitude 26.238989 / 127.788616 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Enriched sample of jellyfish (Aiptasia sp.) tissue)  
History < Demura, Mikihide  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Demura, Mikihide (2009-04-**)  
Identified by Demura, Mikihide  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal: Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MNK  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  12 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Benthic ; Symbiotic (jellyfish)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : DemSym1  
Remarks  
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-1409
Mantoniella squamata   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-2640
Symbiodinium sp. Dinoflagellate ; Zooxanthellae   Marine (Sand) Benthic ; Symbiotic ; Clade A  
NIES-48
Euglena gracilis   Material for Vitamin B12 bioassay  
Reference
Wakahama, T., Laza-Martínez, A., Mohd Taha., A.I.B.H., Okuyama, H., Yoshida, K., Kogame, K., Awai, K., Kawachi, M., Maoka, T., Takaichi, S. 2012 Structural confirmation of a unique carothenoid lactoside, P457, in Symbiodinium sp. strain NBRC 104787 isolated from a sea anemone and ITS distribution in dinoflagellates and various marine organisms. J. Phycol., 48, 1392-1402.
Keywords: carotenoid; dinoflagellates; P457; peridinin; Symbiodinium; symbiosis
Strain(s): 48,  1409,  2638,  2639,  2640,  2642,  2746 
PubMed: 27009990
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01219.x

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