| SAG Strain Number: | 386-3 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Uronema |
| Species: | gigas |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Vischer |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Ulothrix gigas |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | Basel, Bot. Gard. Univ. Basel, Victoria green house, small basin, stagnant water |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 47.559101 / 7.581692 (10m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 69 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim ( < W. Vischer 1936) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESFl Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 386/3; UTEX 174; ATCC 30443 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Reisser W. et al. (1986) Studies on ultrastructure and host range of a Chlorella attacking virus. Protoplasma 135 (2):162-165 |
| Publication: | Mattox K.R. et al. (1962) Phycological studies III. The taxonomy of certain ulotrichacean algae. Univ. Texas Publ. 6222:67p. |
| Publication: | Vischer, W. (1933) Über einige kritische Gattungen und die Systematik der Chaetophorales. Beih. Botan. Centralbl. 51:1-100 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KM020181 Uronema gigas strain SAG 386-3 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1752 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
