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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Prasinophyceae
Order: Chlorodendrales
Family: Chlorodendraceae
Genus: Tetraselmis
Species: striata
Authority: Butcher

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Origin

Identity

Distributed: ✔
Holotype: ✖
Axenic: ✖
Clonal: ✔
Toxicity: Unknown
Aquaculture: ✖
Ecotoxicology: ✖
Teaching: ✖
Ecosystem marker: ✖
rARN 18S sequence available: ✖

Morphology

Flagellate: ✔
Wall: Shell

Culture

Culture medium: ES
Growth temperature: 16
Growth light: 130
Bibliography
- Al-Amoudi, O.A. & Ricketts, T.R. (1983). Changes in the activities of enzymes involved in nitrogen assimilation by Platymonas (Tetraselmis) striata after nitrogen starvation and refeeding. British Phycological Journal 18: 199. - Becker, B., Melkonian, M. & Kamerling, J.P. (1998). The cell wall (Theca) of Tetraselmis striata (Chlorophyta): macromolecular composition and structural elements of the complex polysaccharides. Journal of Phycology 34: 779-787, 5 figs, 5 tables. - Gödel, S., Becker, B. & Melkonian, M. (2000). Flagellar membrane proteins of Tetraselmis striata Butcher (Chlorophyta). Protist 151: 147-159, 8 figs, 1 table. - Ricketts, T.R. & Al-Amoudi, O.A. (1982). Nitrogen uptake and assimilation by nitrogen-starved cells of Platymonas (Tetraselmis) striata. British Phycological Journal 17: 238-239. - Ricketts, T.R. (1990). Uptake rates of various nitrogen sources by nitrate-grown Tetraselmis (Platymonas) striata. British Phycological Journal 25: 257-261, 1 fig, 1 table.