Microalgal Biodiversity at Antarctica 2001/04

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2 October 2018
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Description

A collection of about 20 isolates of Antarctic microalgae from the Windmill Islands region, around Casey Station has been established in the University of Malaya Algae Culture Collection (UMACC). The Antarctic microalgae in the collection includes Chlamydomonas, Chlorella, Stichococcus, Navicula. Ulothrix and Chlorosarcina. Comparative studies on the effect of global warming and UVR stress on these Antarctic microalgae and the tropical collection are being conducted. From the abstract of one of the referenced papers: The growth, biochemical composition and fatty acid profiles of six Antarctic microalgae cultured at different temperatures, ranging from 4, 6, 9, 14, 20 to 30 degrees C, were compared. The algae were isolated from seawater, freshwater, soil and snow samples collected during our recent expeditions to Casey, Antarctica, and are currently deposited in the University of Malaya Algae Culture Collection (UMACC). The algae chosen for the study were Chlamydomonas UMACC 229, Chlorella UMACC 234, Chlorella UMACC 237, Klebsormidium UMACC 227, Navicula UMAC 231 and Stichococcus UMACC 238. All the isolates could grow at temperatures up to 20 degrees C; three isolates, namely Navicula UMACC 231 and the two Chlorella isolates (UMACC 234 and UMACC 237) grew even at 30 degrees C. Both Chlorella UMACC 234 and Stichococcus UMAC 238 had broad optimal temperatures for growth, ranging from 6 to 20 degrees C (growth rate = 0.19 - 0.22 per day) and 4 to 14 degrees C (growth rate = 0.13 - 0.16 per day), respectively. In constrast, optimal growth temperatures for Navicula UMACC 231 and Chlamydomonas UMACC 229 were 4 degrees C (growth rate = 0.34 per day) and 6 to 9 degrees C (growth rate = 0.39 - 0.40 per day), respectively. The protein content of the Antarctic algae was markedly affected by culture temperature. All except Navicula UMACC 231 and Stichococcus UMACC contained higher amount of proteins when grown at low temperatures (6-9 degrees C). The percentage of PUFA, especially 20:5 in Navicula UMACC 231 decreased with increasing culture temperature. However, the percentages of unsaturated fatty acids did not show consistent trend with culture temperature for the other algae studied. There are three spreadsheets available in the download file. ASAC_2590 - provides detail about where each species of algae was collected from. ASAC_2590a - provides data from Teoh Ming-Li et al (2004) ASAC_2590b - provides data from Wong Chiew-Yen et al (2004) The fields in this dataset are: Isolate Culture Collection number Origin (Location) Fatty acids saturated fatty acids polyunsaturated fatty acids monounsaturated fatty acids Temperature growth rate PAR UVBQuality: The dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only. 2018-08-30 - The original files was reformatted to fit OBIS/GBFI/IPT Biodiversity.AQ tracking standards, and a new datasheet "MicroalgaeDiversity_2001_04.csv" was created. The new dataset contains datasetID, catalogNumber, occurrenceID, eventDate, verbatimLatitude, verbatimLongitude, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, locationID, locality, institutionCode, country, countryCode, identificationQualifier, occurrenceStatus, basisOfRecord, and associatedReferences. The lowest taxonomical rank of the species identified that could be determined is provided, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Chu Wan-Loy and Phang Siew-Moi (2004, updated 2018) Microalgal Biodiversity at Antarctica

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Australian Antarctic Data Centre. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

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Point of truth metadata record https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2590 ASCII DIF 9.9

Contacts

SIEW MOI PHANG
  • Point Of Contact
  • INVESTIGATOR
  • Institute of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science, and Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MY
SIEW MOI PHANG
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  • DIF AUTHOR
  • Institute of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science, and Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MY
SIEW MOI PHANG
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  • Institute of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science, and Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MY
CHU WAN-LOY
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  • TECHNICAL CONTACT
  • Postgraduate Studies University of Malaya Plaza Komanwel, Bukit, Jalil International Medical University
57000 Kuala Lumpur
MY
DATA OFFICER AADC
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Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
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7050 Kingston
Tasmania
AU

Geographic Coverage

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Windmill Islands GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Bounding Coordinates South West [-66.53, 110.36], North East [-66.17, 110.68]

Taxonomic Coverage

Species of microalgae were isolated for further studies

Genus Ulothrix, Klebsormidium, Chlorococcum, Chlamydomonas, Macrochloris, Chlorella, Stichococcus, Chlorella, Raphidonema, Chlorosarcina, Prasiola, Navicula, Pinnularia, Stauroneis, Oscillatoria

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2001-01-31 / 2004-02-27

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Teoh Ming-Li, Chu Wan-Loy, Harvey Marchant and Phang Siew-Moi (2004) Influence of culture temperature on the growth, biochemical composition and fatty acid profiles of six Antarctic microalgae. Journal of Applied Phycology. 16, 1-10
  2. Wong Chiew-Yen, Chu Wan-Loy, Harvey Marchant and Phang Siew-Moi (2004) Growth response, biochemical composition and fatty acid profiles of four Antarctic microalgae subjected to UV radiation stress. Malaysian Journal of Science. 23(2), 103-118

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