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Trichosphaerium sp Am-I-7 wt
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Principle Investigator(s) | Laura Katz |
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External sample ID | 40318 |
NCGR Sample ID | MMETSP0405 |
Sample accession number | CAM_SMPL_002555 |
Assembly accession number | CAM_ASM_000373 |
Combined Assembly Name | N/A |
Genus | Trichosphaerium |
Species | sp |
Strain | Am-I-7 wt |
Clonal | No |
Axenic | No |
Prelim. NCBI Taxon ID | 498012 |
18S rRNA | |
Importance of organism and transcriptomes | The taxonomic position of Trichosphaerium sp. has been subject to debate. The limited molecular data to date put this taxon on a long branch within the Amoebozoa, perhaps sister to other amoebae with scaled coverings such as Pessonella sp. (ATCC 50979) and Vexillifera minutissima (Lahr et al., submitted). Trichosphaerium sp. has a remarkable life cycle with an alternation between haploid and diploid multinucleate phases (Schaudinn 1899; Angell 1976). Little is known about the ecology of this bizarre organism except that it can feed on seaweeds and other marine algae (Polne-Fuller et al. 1990) and that it can be extremely abundant in some marine systems (Angell 1976). |
Additional citations and references | Angell, R. W. 1976. Observations on Trichosphaerium platyxyrum sp n. J. Protozool. 23:357-364; Schaudinn, F. 1899. Untersuchungen uber den Generationswechsel von Trichosphaerium sieboldi Schn. . Abh. Konigl. Presuss. Suppl.:1-93.; Lahr, D. J. G., J. R. Grant, T. Nguyen, J. H. Lin, and L. A. Katz. Submitted. Comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of Amoebozoa based on concatenated analyses of SSU-rDNA and actin genes. |
Environmental Data | |
Primary citation for organism's characterization, if available | Polne-Fuller, M., A. Rogerson, H. Amano, and A. Gibor. 1990. Digestion of Seaweeds by the Marine Ameba Trichosphaerium. Hydrobiologia 204:409-413. |
Latitude | 34.46809 |
Longitude | -120.27233 |
Sample collection site | Atlantic_Ocean |
Other collection site info | stipes of Sargassum muticum |
Sample material (e.g. "seawater," "sediment," etc.) | from stipes of Sargassum muticum |
ENVO term for habitat - primary term | Organism-Associated |
ENVO term for habitat - secondary term | Other |
Habitat description | stipes of Sargassum muticum |
Habitat | organism-associated habitat |
Country | UNITED STATES |
Experimental Data | |
Date of experiment | 11-MAY-11 |
Growth medium | ATCC medium 1405 (HESNW medium) |
Temperature (ºC) | 20 |
pH | 8 |
Day portion of day:night cycle in hours | 16 |
Night portion of day:night cycle in hours | 8 |
Nitrate (μmol/L) | 549 |
Ammonium (μmol/L) | 6 |
Phosphate (μmol/L) | 31 |
Silicate (μmol/L) | 106 |
Trace elements (total) (nmol/L) | 81 |
Prey organism, if applicable (genus and species) | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (ATCC PRA-142; heat killed) |
Investigation type | Eukaryotes |