| SAG Strain Number: | 107.79 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Galdieria |
| Species: | sulphuraria |
| Taxonomic position: | Rhodophyta - Rhodophyceae |
| Authority: | (Galdieri) Merola |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Cyanidium caldarium |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Rhodophyceae |
| Common name: | Red Algae - Rhodophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | CA, Sonoma Co., from acidic (ca. 0.1 N sulfuric acid) hot water (70-75°C) in |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 38.298155 / -122.451925 (5000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1959 |
| Isolated by: | M.B. Allen |
| Strain number by isolator: | C-14.1.1 as Cyanidium caldarium |
| Deposition by: | M.B. Allen |
| Deposition date: | 03.1963 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | Acid B12 + Glucose Ag |
| Axenic: | yes |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 2393 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; requires low pH (0-5, opt. 4) and prefers higher growth temperature (25°C, up to 55°C, opt. 45°C) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Huang T.-H. et al. (2024) Diversity in Cyanidiophyceae: Cyanidiofrigus pintoensis gen. et sp. nov. within polyextremophilic red algae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 63 (2):245-259 |
| Publication: | Russo G.L. et al. (2021) Valorization of second cheese whey through cultivation of extremophile microalga Galdieria sulphuraria. AIMS Environmental Science 8 (5):435-448 |
| Publication: | Amanda M. Davis et al. (2016) Using MinION nanopore sequencing to generate a de novo eukaryotic draft genome: preliminary physiological and genomic description of the extremophilic red alga Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 107.79. bioRxiv |
| 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: | Kondo A. et al. (2004) Phylogenetic analysis of cyanidian algae (Cyanidiales, Rhodophyta), using 18S rDNA gene sequences. Jap. J. Phycol. 52 (Suppl):195-199 |
| Publication: | Pinto G. et al. (2003) Comparative approaches to the taxonomy of the genus Galdieria Merola (Cyanidiales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 24 (1):13-32 |
| Publication: | Müller K.M. et al. (2001) Ribosomal DNA phylogeny of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta) and the origin of secondary plastids. Am. J. Bot. 88 (8):1390-1400 |
| Publication: | Albertano P. et al. (2000) The taxonomic position of Cyanidium, Cyanidioschyzon and Galdieria: an update. Hydrobiologia 433:137-143 |
| Publication: | Besendahl, A. et al. (2000) The cyanobacterial origin and vertical transmission of the plastid tRNA(Leu) group-I intron. Curr. Genet. 37 (1):12-23 |
| Publication: | Oliveira, M.C. et al. (2000) Phylogeny of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta) and the secondary endosymbiotic origin of algal plastids. Am. J. Bot. 87 (4):482-492 |
| Publication: | Seckbach, J. (1991) SYSTEMATIC PROBLEMS WITH CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM AND GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY STUDIES. J. Phycol. 27 (6):794-796 |
| Publication: | Kremer, B.P. et al. (1978) . Naturwiss. 65:157 |
| Publication: | Allen, M.B. (1959) Studies with Cyanidium caldarium, an anomalously pigmented chlorophyte. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 32 (3):270-277 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA330791 Galdieria sulphuraria strain:107.79 Genome sequencing |
| Sequence Accession: | MN518834 Galdieria sulphuraria isolate SAG107.79 photosystem I P700 chlorophyll A apoprotein A1 (psaA) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1400 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MN545954 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG107.79 photosystem II reaction center protein D1 (psbA) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (963 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MN545938 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG107.79 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1350 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MN561677 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG107.79 Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 (cox2) gene, partial cds; mitochondrial. (312 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MN561658 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG107.79 Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene, partial cds; mitochondrial. (1287 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MN561640 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG107.79 Chaperone protein DnaK (dnaK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (924 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MN590428 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG107.79 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta (rpoC1) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (498 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AF441370 Galdieria sulphuraria strain 107.79 voucher SAG:107.79 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (689 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AF170718 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 107.79 culture-collection SAG:107.79 16S small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; plastid. (1442 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB091229 gene for 18S rRNA, partial sequence (1796 bp) |
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| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | standard controlled rate freezing: medium survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
