SAG 86.79 Arthrospira platensis
| SAG Strain Number: | 86.79 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Arthrospira |
| Species: | platensis |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | (Nordstedt) Gomont |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Spirulina platensis (Nordstedt) Geitler |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | tropic |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | Chad |
| Locality: | natron lake |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 14.306969 / 18.581542 (800000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1971 |
| Isolated by: | P. Compère |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E. Hegewald |
| Deposition date: | 1971 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | Spirul |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Nowicka-Krawczyk P. et al. (2019) Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria). Sci. Rep. 9:694 |
| Publication: | Mudimu O. et al. (2014) Biotechnological screening of microalgal and cyanobacterial strains for biogas production and antibacterial and antifungal effects. Metabolites 4 (2):373-393 |
| Publication: | Asencio, A.D. et al. (2012) Partial purification and characterization of a calcium-dependent alkaline phosphatase from the cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis. J. Phycol. |
| Publication: | Wang, Z.P. et al. (2005) Morphological reversion of Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis (Cyanophyta): from linear to helical. J. Phycol. 41 (3):622-628 |
| Publication: | Scheldeman, P. et al. (1999) Arthrospira ('Spirulina') strains from four continents are resolved into only two clusters, based on amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of the internally transcribed spacer. FEMS Microbiology Letters 172 (2):213-222 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019967 Arthrospira platensis SAG 86.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1461 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ393291 Arthrospira platensis strain SAG 86.79 CpcB (cpcB) and CpcA (cpcA) genes, partial cds. (403 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
