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Micractinium sp. ASYA54

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IMU Code: P3-eski

Phylum: Chlorophyta

Class: Chlorophyceae

Genus: 

Strain:

Origin: Horseshoe Island, Antarctica

Locality:  From the snow surface by the sea

Type Culture: 

Isolator: T.Çakmak

Geographical Details : 67°51'35.4"S 67°19'0.4"W

NCBI Accession # : ON782063

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

Cells ellipsoidal to spherical in shape. Cell size around 3-7 µm. Chloroplast single, parietal, large with ellipsoidal pyrenoid.

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