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. 2013 May 21;8(5):e63091. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063091

Table 1. The provenance, distribution and environmental relevance of each of species/strains used in this study.

Species/strains Provenance Environmental relevance Regional distribution
Akashiwo sanguinea (4 strains) Isolated (2006 to 2010) during Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events in NE Pacific BWA (NWFSC-605): 48.27°N, 124.68°W GBB: 47.90°N, 124.63°W RMB: 36.96°N, 122.01°W YRB: 33.84°N, 118.39°W Dinoflagellate implicated in two large-scaleHAB events possibly due to changingenvironmental conditions [71], [73], [105] Mid-latitude coastal waters, including the Black Sea
Thalassiosira weissflogii CCMP1053, 39.50N 9.33W, isolated in 1973 Very cosmopolitan coastal species that grows under a wide variety of environmental conditions. Very well studied (physiology, environmental conditions), partial genetic sequence Coastal Atlantic, Pacific, Asian waters
Thalassiosira rotula (6 strains) JpnTR18: 34.17 N, 133.33 E, Isolated in 2007 CCMP3264, 40.49N 14.14E, isolated in 2008 CCAP1085_21, 40.956 N, 14.25 E, isolated in 2008 P17F4, 49.65N, 127.44W isolated in 2007 CMP3096, 49.65N 127.43W, isolated in 2007 CCMP1647, 40.95N, 14.25E, isolated in 1993 Cosmopolitan diatom in near-shore and some offshore regions that grows under a wide variety of environmental conditions and can form large blooms. Temperate waters
Thalassiosira pseudonana (6 strains) CCMP 1011, 17.79N, 64.82E CCMP 1012, 31.99S, 115.83W CCMP 1013 (53.28N, 3.83W) CCMP 1014 (28 N, 155E) CCMP 1015 (48.54N, 123.01E), CCMP 1335 (40.76N, 72.82E) Cosmopolitan diatom in near-shore regions that grows under a wide variety of environmental conditions and can form large blooms. Temperate waters
Proboscia inermis Isolated in the Pacific sector of S. Ocean(16°S 145°E), austral summer 2002 (see [30]) Large diatom, bloom former Southern Ocean polar
Trichodesmium erythraeum Tricho RLI,1997 Tricho KO4, 2006 Tricho2175, 2007 Colonial N fixer Great Barrier ReefS Pacific 15°03 S; 155°02 E W Equatorial Atlantic 7°32 N; 49°15W
Crocosphaera watsonii Cro WH 3A, March 2002Cro WH84, March 2002 CroWH0005 March 2000 Unicellular N fixer (3–4.5 µm) North Atlantic 6°58.78 N; 49°19.70 W South Atlantic 11°42.12 S; 32°00.64 W North Pacific 21°25.98 N; 157°47.29 W
Coastal Synechococcus (CCFWC 502) Cro WH84 West Florida Shelf and was obtained from Florida Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) and maintained on f/2 medium [34] 4.5 µm, March 2002 Unicellular picophytoplankton Atlantic 11°42.12 S; 32°00.64 W
Prorocentrum donghaiense CroWH0005 March 2000 Coastal dinoflagellate (4.3 µm) Changjiang River estuary, coastal areas of Zhejiang province and Guangdong province and Hong Kong, Japan and South KoreaNorth Pacific 21°25.98 N; 157°47.29 W