I've got a question about what Chlamy (UTEX 90, a wild-type) is supposed to
look like when it is grown in Tris-acetate-phosphate medium (recipe from
Chlamy handbook) at about 250 lux/20 foot-candles. Mine are rather diffcult
to grow; growth is very slow and the cells appear yellowish-pale green
rather than the usual darker green. When looking at these cells under the
electron microscope, the thylakoids were extremely reduced and there were
starch granules all over the place.
According to Dr. Wollman, my Chlamys are mutated/drifted from wt to a
phenotype resembling y-1 light-only greening mutants. Since I've gotten the
same result with two batches that I ordered from UTEX, I'm not sure if this
is what happened, or maybe if the original stock culture at UTEX may have
drifted. Is there any other possibility for the strange appearance of these
Chlamys? Thanks in advance for any help!
