Strain Data
Strain number NIES-4400  
Phylum Haptophyta  
Class Coccolithophyceae  
Scientific name Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Gran & Braarud) Deflandre  
Synonym Pontosphaera bigelowii Gran & Braarud 1935; Chrysochromulina parkeae J.C.Green & Leadbeater 1972  
Former name  
Common name Coccolithophore  
Locality (Date of collection) Furue Bay, Furue-cho, Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan (2018-05-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 33.369520 / 129.518225 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Hagino, Kyoko  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Hagino, Kyoko (2018-05-03)  
Identified by Hagino, Kyoko  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  29 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  14 D  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max) 10 - 15 μm  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Nitrogen-Fixing endosymbiont  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : FR-38  
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)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4441
 		Braarudosphaera bigelowii Coccolithophore   Marine (Seawater) Nitrogen-Fixing endosymbiont  
NIES-3865
 		Braarudosphaera bigelowii   Marine (Seawater) Loss of endosymbionts  
NIES-4442
 		Braarudosphaera bigelowii Coccolithophore   Marine (Seawater) Loss of endosymbionts  
NIES-4399
 		Braarudosphaera bigelowii Coccolithophore   Marine (Seawater) Nitrogen-Fixing endosymbiont  

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