| SAG Strain Number: | 100.79 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Bostrychia |
| Species: | radicans |
| Taxonomic position: | Rhodophyta - Rhodophyceae |
| Authority: | Montagne |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Rhodophyceae |
| Common name: | Red Algae - Rhodophytes |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | marine |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | VA, Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 37.262987 / -76.01615 (6000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1978 |
| Isolated by: | F.D. Ott |
| Strain number by isolator: | MO 520 |
| Deposition by: | F.D. Ott |
| Deposition date: | 1978 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | 1/2SWES |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 1357/1 [archived] |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; growing at 5.3, 15 and 30 ppt salinity and produces D-sorbitol (Karsten et al. 1994) |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 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: | Simon, D. et al. (2003) Phylogeny and self-splicing ability of the plastid tRNA-Leu group I Intron. J. Mol. Evol. 57 (6):710-720 |
| Publication: | Zuccarello G.C. et al. (2003) MULTIPLE CRYPTIC SPECIES: MOLECULAR DIVERSITY AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN THE BOSTRYCHIA RADICANS/B. MORITZIANA COMPLEX (RHODOMELACEAE, RHODOPHYTA) WITH FOCUS ON NORTH AMERICAN ISOLATES. J. Phycol. 39:948-959 |
| Publication: | Karsten U. et al. (1994) PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOTYPES IN THE MARINE ALGA BOSTRYCHIA RADICANS (CERAMIALES, RHODOPHYTA) FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S.A. J. Phycol. 30:174-182 |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |