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Planophila sp. ASYA16

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IMU Code: 3H-13

Phylum: Chlorophyta

Class: Ulvophyceae

Genus: Planophila

Strain: Planophila laetevirens

Origin: Horseshoe Island, Antarctica

Locality: Stone surface in a running water on the Horseshoe island

Type Culture: 

Isolator: T.Çakmak

Geographical Details : 67°49'25.2"S 67°12'32.4"W

NCBI Accession # : ON782044

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 are spherical or ellipsoidal and cell size is around 4-7×5-9 µm. Chloroplast large, parietal/cup-shaped with an ovoid pyrenoid.

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