| SAG Strain Number: | 835-8 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Heterococcus |
| Species: | viridis |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Chodat |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | authentic strain of Heterococcus moniliformis Vischer |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | Basel, Bot. Gard. Univ. Basel, compost soil |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 47.558848 / 7.581629 (200m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 157 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim ( < W. Vischer 1936) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 351 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Rybalka, N. et al. (2013) Congruence of chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded DNA sequence variations used to assess species boundaries in the soil microalga Heterococcus (Stramenopiles, Xanthophyceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:39 |
| Publication: | Vischer, W. (1937) Über einige Heterokonten (Heterococcus, Chlorellidium) und ihren Polymorphismus. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 47:225-250 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681224 Heterococcus moniliformis strain SAG 835-8 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 s (1982 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681151 Heterococcus moniliformis strain SAG 835-8 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (339 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | standard 2step with 5% DMSO; good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
