| SAG Strain Number: | 1.96 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Tetraselmis |
| Species: | chuii |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorodendrophyceae |
| Authority: | Butcher |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorodendrophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | hypersaline |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Antarctica |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Locality: | Princess Elizabeth Land, Vestfold Hills, Ekho Lake (10 m water depth, hypersaline 72 promille NaCl, heliothermal 14.9°C, pH 8.4) |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -68.5211111726 / 78.2699999832 (1000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Isolated by: | P. Hirsch |
| Strain number by isolator: | IFAM EL-27 T as Tetraselmis antarctica |
| Deposition by: | P. Hirsch |
| Deposition date: | 01.1996 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | SWES Ag |
| 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: | Fulnečková J. et al. (2013) A Broad Phylogenetic Survey Unveils the Diversity and Evolution of Telomeres in Eukaryotes. Genome Biology and Evolution 5 (3):468-483 |
| Publication: | Fulnečková J. et al. (2012) Dynamic Evolution of Telomeric Sequences in the Green Algal Order Chlamydomonadales. Genome Biology and Evolution 4 (3):248-264 |
| Publication: | Hirsch P. et al. (1998) Tetraselmis antarctica sp. nov., a praseophyte from hypersaline, heliothermal and meromictic Ekho Lake (Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica). unpublished 1998 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | JN903999 Tetraselmis chuii strain SAG 1.96 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1751 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
