| SAG Strain Number: | 29.80 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Cyanophora |
| Species: | paradoxa |
| Taxonomic position: | Glaucophyta - Glaucophyceae |
| Authority: | Korshikov |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Glaucophyta |
| Class: | Glaucophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | plankton in alkaline freshwater |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1943 |
| Isolated by: | E.G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | L. Provasoli (< E. G. Pringsheim) |
| Deposition date: | 1977 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | +V |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 981/1; UTEX 555; CCMP 329 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Serive B. et al. (2017) Community analysis of pigment patterns from 37 microalgae strains reveals new carotenoids and porphyrins characteristic of distinct strains and taxonomic. PLOS One 12 (2):e0171872 |
| Publication: | Jackson C. et al. (2015) The Glaucophyta: the blue-green plants in a nutshell. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 84:149-165 |
| Publication: | Baudelet P.-H. et al. (2013) Antiproliferative Activity of Cyanophora paradoxa Pigments in Melanoma, Breast and Lung Cancer Cells. Mar. Drugs 11:4390-4406 |
| Publication: | Price, D.N. et al. (2012) Cyanophora paradoxa Genome Elucidates Origin of Photosynthesis in Algae and Plants . Science 335 (6070):843-847 |
| Publication: | Hoef-Emden, K. (2008) Molecular phylogeny of phycocyanin-containing cryptophytes: Evolution of biliproteins and geographical distribution. J. Phycol. 44 (4) |
| Publication: | Nickol, A. A. et al. (2000) Cyanophora paradoxa: nucleotide sequence and phylogeny of the nucleus encoded muroplast fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. Z Naturforsch C 55 (11-12):991-1003 |
| Publication: | Müller N.E. et al. (1997) The Phycobiliproteins Within the Cyanoplasts of Cyanophora paradoxa Store Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur for the Whole Cell. :252-260 |
| Publication: | Gross, W. et al. (1994) Two Distinct Aldolases of Class II Type in the Cyanoplasts and in the Cytosol of the Alga Cyanophora paradoxa. Plant Physiol 105 (4):1393-1398 |
| Publication: | Richardson, F.L. et al. (1970) Glaucosphaera vacuolata, its ultrastructure and physiology. J. Phycol. 6 (2):165-171 |
| Publication: | Pringsheim, E.G. (1958) Organismen mit blaugrünen Assimilatoren. Stud. Plant Physiol. :165-184 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ270258 Cyanophora paradoxa strain SAG 29.80 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase subunit A (gapA) mRNA, complete cds. (1442 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ812897 Cyanophora paradoxa cytosolic glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI) gene, partial cds. (2854 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF119234 Cyanophora paradoxa cytosolic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase (HMGS) mRNA, partial cds. (445 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF119235 Cyanophora paradoxa cytosolic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR) mRNA, partial cds. (274 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF119236 Cyanophora paradoxa cytosolic mevalonate kinase (MK) mRNA, partial cds. (256 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF119237 Cyanophora paradoxa cytosolic mevalonate-5-diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD) mRNA, partial cds. (301 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM958056 Cyanophora paradoxa partial mRNA for putative ATP/ADP translocase (ntt1 gene). (1000 bp) |
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| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | no survival; standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
