ATCC? Number:50218?
Organism: Fragilaria shiloi Lee et al.
Isolation: Foraminiferan, Amphistegina lobifera, Gulf of Elat, Israel, 1979 [21045]
Depositors: JJ Lee
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1405: HESNW mediumTemperature: 25.0°C
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Type Strain: yes(type strain)
Comments: Endosymbiont of Amphistegina lobifera. Photosynthetic. [21045]
Classification: KINGDOM: Chromista
References: 21045: Lee JJ, et al. The identification of diatoms isolated as endosymbionts from larger Foraminifera from the Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea) and the description of 2 new species, Fragilaria shiloi sp. nov. and Navicula reissii sp. nov.. Botanicva Marina 23: 41-48, 1980.