UTEX B 3240
Sphaerosorus coelastroides


Condition: Xenic

Medium Type: Agar Slant


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Algae Details

UTEX Number: 3240
Class: Xanthophyceae
Strain: Sphaerosorus coelastroides Pascher 1938
Medium: Modified Bold 3N Medium (MB3N)
Origin: Russel County, VA, USA
Description of Location: Freshwater plankton from a wadable, shady section of the Clinch River in the Appalachian Mountains
GPS: 36.892661, -82.284906; Elevation 448m
Type Culture: No
Collection: A. Bruce Cahoon (07/2023)
Isolation: A. Bruce Cahoon (08/2023)
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Deposition: A. Bruce Cahoon (11/13/2025)
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Notes: Spherical to globose solitary cells enclosed within a thin mucilage layer or groups of 2 to 32 progeny cells enclosed within a much larger mucilage layer. Mature solitary 10.2 - 19.0 µm in diameter (median=14.7 µm), with an estimated biovolume of 556 - 3591 µm3 (median = 1663 µm3). Progeny cells 5.4 - 11.0 µm in diameter (median=7.1 µm), with an estimated biovolume of 82 - 697 µm3 (median = 187 µm3)

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