| SAG Strain Number: | 1407-1 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Hormoscilla |
| Species: | pringsheimii |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Anagnostidis et Komárek |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Borzia trilocularis |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, ditch near Queen's College |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.20111 / 0.115002 (150m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1953 |
| Isolated by: | Sassoon |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | potentially toxic strain; specific order form needed; Bohunicka et al. (2015) detected the hepatotoxin cylindrospermopsin (CYN) in SAG 1407-1 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Mikhailyuk T. et al. (2019) Composition of biological soil crusts from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea coast in the context of an integrative approach to the taxonomy of microalgae and cyanobacteria. Eur. J. Phycol. 54 (3):263-290 |
| Publication: | Bohunická M. et al. (2015) A combined morphological, ultrastructural, molecular, and biochemical study of the peculiar family Gomontiellaceae (Oscillatoriales) reveals a new cylindrospermopsin-producing clade of cyanobacteria. J. Phycol. 51 (6):1040-1054 |
| Publication: | Pringsheim E.G. (1968) Cyanophyceen-Studien. Arch. Mikrobiol. 63:331-335 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KP143723 Hormoscilla pringsheimii SAG 1407-1 sulfotransferase (cyrJ) gene, partial cds. (448 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019982 Hormoscilla pringsheimii SAG 1407-1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1463 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KJ140105 Hormoscilla pringsheimii SAG 1407-1 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence. (283 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KJ140096 Hormoscilla pringsheimii SAG 1407-1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1102 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KC572078 Hormoscilla pringsheimii SAG 1407-1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1402 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | standard 5% DMSO, very low survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
