ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY
Koliellopsis inundata ASYA21
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IMU Code: 3L-10
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Genus: Koliellopsis
Strain: Koliellopsis inundata
Origin: Horseshoe Island, Antarctica
Locality: Snow microalgae covering the snow surface
Type Culture:
Isolator: T.Çakmak
Geographical Details : 67°49'51.9"S 67°14'17.5"W
NCBI Accession # : ON817220
General Maintenance Conditions
Temperature: 15 °C/10 °C (D/N)
Light source: mix of warm-white & cool-white fluorescent lamps
Intensity:3200 lux (maximum)
Light period:16/8 h L/D
Media: BBM
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Morphological Features of Species
The filaments are long with some tendency to fragmentation and approximately possed 5.3µm width. The length-width ratio of the cells is (4.1min)6.6(11.15max) x (4.3min) 5.3(6.6max) µm. The cells are rounded or gradually tapering-shaped and cell wall is moderately thickened likewise, H-fragments are prominently present. The chloroplasts are laminate bilobed formation without pyrenoid. K. inundata cells reproduce with their biflagellate zoospores and filament dissociation (Lokhorst,2004).
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