NIVA-CYA 327

Phormidium sp.
ORIGIN
Country origin
Norway
Locality origin
Ås, Akershus, Norway
Locality type
Greenhouse
Habitat
Terrestrial
Date of collecting
1993-06-30
Collector
Skulberg O.M.
Isolator
Skulberg R.
CULTURE
Medium
Z8
Growth temperature
15°C
DETAILS
Obtained from
NIVA Culture Collection of Algae
Date of isolation
1993
Date deposited to NORCCA
Collecting event remarks
Institutt for hagebruk, Norges landbrukshøgskole
Remarks
Fouling in water trench for plant cultivation (sample 7). - Does not produce any of the toxins microcystin, anatoxin, cylindrospermopsin or saxitoxin (ELISA tested). - Culture blue-green-black biomass. Trichomes long, strongly narrowing towards ends, motile. Width 5,5 µm, cells almost square or shorter than wide.