| SAG Strain Number: | 1.88 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Mesotaenium |
| Species: | pyrenoidosum |
| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae |
| Authority: | (P.A.Broady) Petlovany 2015 |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | authentic strain of Fottea pyrenoidosa Broady (Chlorophyta - Ulvophyceae acc. to Broady 1976) |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Streptophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Antarctica |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Locality: | South Orkney Islands, Signy Island, mineral soil, pH 5.2 |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -60.711831 / -45.638695 (5000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Isolated by: | P. A. Broady |
| Strain number by isolator: | PB 75 |
| Deposition by: | CCAP |
| Deposition date: | 07.1987 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | MiEB12 Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 326/1 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; renamed into authentic strain of Mesotaenium pyrenoidosum (P.A.Broady) Petlovany acc. to Petlovany (2015) SAG 04/2018; acc. to Gontcharov et al. (2010) a member of polyphyletic traditional genus Mesotaenium |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Busch A. et al. (2022) A diverse group of underappreciated zygnematophytes deserves in-depth exploration. Appl. Phycol. 3 (1):306-323 |
| Publication: | Petlovany, O.A. (2015) Zygnematales (Vol. 4: Charophyta). In: Tsarenko, P.M. et al. [Eds.] Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography |
| 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: | Gontcharov A.A. et al. (2010) Molecular phylogeny and revision of the genus Netrium (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta): Nucleotaenium gen. nov. J. Phycol. 46 (2):346-362 |
| Publication: | Broady, P.A. (1976) Six new species of terrestrial algae from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. Br. Phycol. J. 11 (4):387-405 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KM020068 Fottea pyrenoidosa strain SAG 1.88 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (2875 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM992332 partial 18S rRNA gene, strain SAG1.88. (1750 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM992357 chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, strain SAG1.88. (1327 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM992568 Fottea pyrenoidosa chloroplast partial 23S rRNA gene, strain SAG 1.88. (2261 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
