| SAG Strain Number: | 2179 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Xanthonema |
| Species: | hormidioides |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | (Vischer) Silva |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Antarctica |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Locality: | King Georg Island, soil, at plain near a lake |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -62.168908 / -58.463538 (100m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | February 2002 |
| Isolated by: | A. Massalski (coll. M. Olech) |
| Strain number by isolator: | A 19 as Xanthonema spec. |
| Deposition by: | N. Rybalka ( < A. Massalski) |
| Deposition date: | 01.05.2006 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 3NBBM+V Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial and fungal contaminations |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | |
| |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Rybalka et al. (2009) Testing for endemism, genotypic diversity and species concepts in Antarctic terrestrial microalgae of the Tribonemataceae (Stramenopiles, Xanthophyceae). Environ. Microbiol. 11 (3):554-565 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | EF426796 Xanthonema sp. SAG 2179 PsbA (psbA) gene, partial cds; psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, complete sequence; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, complete cds; rbcL-rbcS intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and ribulo (2128 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
