| Product Number | TS533639 |
| Strain Number | UTEX ZZ878 |
| WDCM number of Culture Collection | 606 |
| Organism Name | Mastigocoleus testarum |
| Organism Type | Microalgae |
| History of Deposit | Ferran Garcia-Pichel (08/08/2011) |
| Date of Isolation | 2005 |
| Isolated From | Marine intertidal zone, in marine snail shells. |
| Geographic Origin | (GPS: N 17° 56 1.89", W 67° 11 32.64") Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, USA |
| Nomenclatural status of the strain | No |
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| Literature | This strain is a marine filamentous photoautotrophic cyanobacterium with the capacity to undergo chromatic adaptation. Individual filaments range in diameter from 5 to 10 microns. Filaments are true-branching and have the capacity to form heterocysts and hormogonia. It has been shown to actively bore into calcium carbonate substrates. |
| Product Number | TS533639 |
| Strain Number | UTEX ZZ878 |
| WDCM number of Culture Collection | 606 |
| Organism Name | Mastigocoleus testarum |
| Organism Type | Microalgae |
| History of Deposit | Ferran Garcia-Pichel (08/08/2011) |
| Date of Isolation | 2005 |
| Isolated From | Marine intertidal zone, in marine snail shells. |
| Geographic Origin | (GPS: N 17° 56 1.89", W 67° 11 32.64") Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, USA |
| Nomenclatural status of the strain | No |
| Optimum Temperature for Growth | |
| Maximum Temperature for Growth | |
| Minimum Temperature for Growth | |
| Literature | This strain is a marine filamentous photoautotrophic cyanobacterium with the capacity to undergo chromatic adaptation. Individual filaments range in diameter from 5 to 10 microns. Filaments are true-branching and have the capacity to form heterocysts and hormogonia. It has been shown to actively bore into calcium carbonate substrates. |