| SAG Strain Number: | 229-1 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Glaucocystis |
| Species: | geitleri |
| Taxonomic position: | Glaucophyta - Glaucophyceae |
| Authority: | Pringsheim ex Takahashi et Nozaki |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | G. nostochinearum Itzigsohn ex Rabenhorst; |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Glaucophyta |
| Class: | Glaucophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | pool at Cambridge |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.192351 / 0.163393 (8000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1952 |
| Isolated by: | E.A. George |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | WC |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 64 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | renamed from non-authentic strain of G. nostochinearum Itzigsohn ex Rabenhorst into holotypic authentic strain of G. geitleri Pringsheim ex Takahashi et Nozaki sp. nov. acc. to Takahashi et al. 2016. SAG 02/2022; NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Takahashi, T. et al. (2016) Delineation of six species of the primitive algal genus Glaucocystis based on in situ ultrastructural characteristics. Sci Rep 6:29209 |
| Publication: | Takahashi, Toshiyuki et al. (2016) A new type of 3D peripheral ultrastructure in Glaucocystis (Glaucocystales, Glaucophyta) as revealed by ultra-high voltage electron microscopy. Journal of Phycology 52 (3 ): 486-490 |
| Publication: | Takahashi, Toshiyuki et al. (2015) Ultra-high voltage electron microscopy of primitive algae illuminates 3D ultrastructures of the first photosynthetic eukaryote. Scientific Reports 5:14735 |
| Publication: | WILLISON J. H. M. et al. (1978) CELL WALL STRUCTURE AND DEPOSITION IN GLAUCOCYSTIS. JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 77:103-119 |
| Publication: | Schnepf E. et al. (1966) Zur Cytologie und taxonomischen Einordnung von Glaucocystis. Arch. Mikrobiol. 55 (2):149-174 |
| Publication: | Schnepf E. (1965) Structure of cell walls and cellulose fibrils in Glaucocystis. Planta 67 (2):213-224 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | LC120685 Glaucocystis geitleri cyanelle psbA gene for photosystem II protein D1, partial cds, strain: SAG 229-1. (750 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | LC120728 Glaucocystis geitleri genes for ITS1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS2, LSU rRNA, complete and partial sequence, strain: SAG 229-1. (714 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | very low survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO regrowth on Agar |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
