| SAG Strain Number: | 1.85 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Spermatozopsis |
| Species: | similis |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Preisig et Melkonian |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, pond near Madingley, water temp. 11-12°C, in plankton with Chrysococcus rufescens, Synura petersenii, Scourfieldia caeca, Cryptomonas erosa, Trachelomonas volvocina, Euglena gracilis, Chlamydomonas spp. |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.233932 / 0.055098 (50m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | April 1980 |
| Isolated by: | H. R. Preisig/ M. Melkonian |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | M. Melkonian (unialgal, clonal culture) |
| Deposition date: | 08.1984 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | MiEB12 |
| Axenic: | bacterial and fungal contaminations |
| Strain relatives: | CCAC 0013; CCAP 175/2 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Fučíková K. et al. (2019) Order, please! Uncertainty in the ordinal-level classification of Chlorophyceae. Peer J. 7:e6899 |
| Publication: | Lang I. et al. (2011) Fatty acid profiles and their distribution patterns in microalgae: a comprehensive analysis of more than 2000 strains from the SAG culture collection. BMC Plant Biol 11:124 |
| Publication: | Renninger, S. et al. (2001) Subfractionation of eyespot apparatuses from the green alga Spermatozopsis similis: isolation and characterization of eyespot globules. Planta 213 (1):51-63 |
| Publication: | Linden, Lars et al. (1995) Calcium modulates rapid protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation in isolated eyespot apparatuses of the green alga Spermatozopsis similis. Planta 197 (2) |
| Publication: | Steinkötter, J. et al. (1994) Prasinophytes form independent lineages within the chlorophyta: evidence from ribosomal RNA sequence comparisons. J. Phycol. 30:340-345 |
| Publication: | Sensen, C.W. et al. (1992) The sequence of the 18S rDNA gene from Spermatozopsis similis Preisig et Melkonian,1894 (Chlorophyceae). Plant Mol. Biol. 20:1209-1209 |
| Publication: | Schulze D. et al. (1987) Immunolocalization of a Ca2+ -modulated contractile protein in the flagellar apparatus of green algae: the nucleus-basal body connector. Eur J Cell Biol 45:51-61 |
| Publication: | McFadden, G.I. et al. (1986) Use of Hepes buffer for microalgal culture media and fixation for electron microscopy. Phycologia 25 (4):551-557 |
| Publication: | Melkonian M. et al. (1984) An ultrastructural comparison between Spermatozopsis and Dunaliella (Chlorophyceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 146:31-46 |
| Publication: | Preisig, H.R. et al. (1984) A light and electron microscopic study of the green flagellate Spermatozopsis similis spec. nova. Pl. Syst. Evol. 146:57-74 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MG778500 Spermatozopsis similis culture UTEX:SAG B 1.85 chloroplast, complete genome. (134869 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | X65557 gene for 18S rRNA (1772 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | X69488 S.similis genes for 18S ribosomal RNA 3' end, 5.8S ribosomal RNA, 25S ribosomal RNA 5' end, and internal transcribed spacers I and II. (972 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ001438 Spermatozopsis similis mRNA for 95 kD basal apparatus-protein. (3113 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ224970 Spermatozopsis similis mRNA for 90 kD basal apparatus-protein. (2767 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ243446 Spermatozopsis similis mRNA for putative bithoraxoid-like protein. (535 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ635325 Spermatozopsis similis mRNA for putative eyespot globule-associated protein 1 (gap1 gene), strain SAG B 1.85. (2358 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF113535 Spermatozopsis similis strain SAG 1.85 AtpB (atpB) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1178 bp) |
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| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
