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Strain number NIES-3865  
Phylum Haptophyta  
Class Coccolithophyceae  
Scientific name Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Gran & Braarud) Deflandre  
Synonym Pontosphaera bigelowii Gran & Braarud 1935; Chrysochromulina parkeae J.C.Green & Leadbeater 1972  
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Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Ikenoura Port, Uranouchifukura, Susaki, Kochi, Japan (2015-05-18)  
Latitude / Longitude 33.4094 / 133.412 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Tsukakoshi, Chinatsu; Ishida, Ken-ichiro  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Tsukakoshi, Chinatsu (2015-05-20)  
Identified by Tsukakoshi, Chinatsu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  15 C
Light intensity:  15 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  10 D  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC595680 )  
Cell size (min - max) 11 - 23 μm  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Loss of endosymbionts  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KC1-P2  
Remarks Domestic shipping only; Unstable; Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Reference
Suzuki, S., Kawachi, M., Tsukakoshi, C., Nakamura, A., Hagino, K., Inouye, I., Ishida, K. 2021 Unstable relationship between Braarudosphaera bigelowii (= Chrysochromulina parkeae) and its nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont. Front. Plant Sci., 12, 749895 (article ID).
Keywords: nitrogen fixation; endosymbiosis; haptophyte; UCYN-A; reductive evolution
Strain(s): 38654442 
PubMed: 34925404
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.749895

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