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UTEX Number:  LB 2307
Class:  Prymnesiophyceae
Strain:  Isochrysis aff. galbana
Media:  Erdschreiber's Medium
Origin:  Society Islands, Tahiti
Description of Location: 
Type Culture:  No
Collection: 
Isolation:  K.C. Haines (Fall 1977)
Isolator Number:  T-ISO
Deposition:  S. Siddall
Relatives:  CCAP 927/14 aka SMBA 292; CCMP1324 aka CCMP TISO, NEPCC 601; SERI S/ISOCH-1
Also Known As:  Isochrysis sp.
Notes:  grows well in tropical (warm) seawater; used as food in shrimp and oyster mariculture; produces highly unsaturated fatty acids [C20:5 & C22:6] (Thompson et al. 1988); outdoor cultivation (Boussiba et al. 1988); (Ewart & Epifanio 1981)

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