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Micractinium simplicissimum ASYA46
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IMU Code: Skua penguin
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Genus:Micractinium
Strain:M. simplicissimum ASYA46
Origin: Horseshoe Island, Antarctica
Locality: snow surface where a penguin colony lives
Type Culture:
Isolator: T.Çakmak
Geographical Details : 67°49'51.9"S 67°14'17.5"W
NCBI Accession # :ON810667
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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
Morphological Features of Species
Cells are spherical and cell size around 3-7 µm. Chloroplast large, parietal with large pyrenoid.
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