Culture details

PLY267 Chrysotila sp ()

  • Division: Haptophyta
  • Class: Prymnesiophyceae
  • Authentic culture: No
  • Synonym
  • Area collected: Netherlands; coastal
  • Other info: Scrapings from Dutch dykes (Schouwen)
  • Collected by:
  • Date collected: April 1961
  • Date isolated:
  • Isolated by: I. Adams
  • Identified by: J.C. Green
  • Received from:
  • Date received:
  • Received as:
  • Length (µm): 4.00-7.00 µm
  • Width (µm):
  • Original description: Anand, P.L. (1937). A taxonomic study of the algae of British chalk cliffs. J. Bot., Lond., 75, Suppl. II, 1-51
  • Other references:
  • Notes: Cells 4-7 µm diam; striated thick mucilage up to 15 µm diam. Motiles 6 x 3 µm of Chrysotila type (JCG June 1974)
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  • Toxicity: No record
  • Medium: ErdS + ASP2