| SAG Strain Number: | 108.79 |
| 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: | Wyoming, acid (pH 3-4) hot spring in Yellowstone Natl. Park |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 44.429857 / -110.589295 (50000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | between 1953 and 1954 |
| Isolated by: | M.B. Allen (legit A. C. Giese) |
| Strain number by isolator: | C-14.1.2 as Cyanidium caldarium |
| Deposition by: | M.B. Allen |
| Deposition date: | 03.1963 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | Acid + Glucose Ag |
| Axenic: | axenity status unclear |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; requires low pH (2-4) and prefers higher growth temperature (25°C, up to 55°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 |
| Publication: | Hirooka S. et al. (2022) Life cycle and functional genomics of the unicellular red alga Galdieria for elucidating algal and plant evolution and industrial use. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (41):e2210665119 |
| Publication: | Cho C.H. et al. (2020) Potential causes and consequences of rapid mitochondrial genome evolution in thermoacidophilic Galdieria (Rhodophyta). BMC Evolutionary Biology 20:112 |
| Publication: | Baer S. et al. (2016) Optimization of spectral light quality for growth and product formation in different microalgae using a continuous photobioreactor. Algal Research 14:109-115 |
| Publication: | Demirci N. et al. (2016) Investigation of the malic acid concentration on extremophilic red microalga Galdieria sulphuraria. Deu Muhendislik Fakultesi Fen ve Muhendislik 18 (1 (52)):101-107 |
| 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: | Yoon H.S. et al. (2006) Defining the major lineages of red algae (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 42 (2):482-492 |
| Publication: | Ciniglia, Claudia et al. (2004) Hidden biodiversity of the extremophilic Cyanidiales red algae. Molecular Ecology 13 (7):1827-1838 |
| Publication: | Yoon, H. S. et al. (2004) A molecular timeline for the origin of photosynthetic eukaryotes. Mol Biol Evol 21 (5):809-18 |
| 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: | Yoon, H. S. et al. (2002) A single origin of the peridinin- and fucoxanthin-containing plastids in dinoflagellates through tertiary endosymbiosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99 (18):11724-9 |
| Publication: | Yoon, H. S. et al. (2002) The single, ancient origin of chromist plastids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99 (24):15507-12 |
| Publication: | Cozzolino, S. et al. (2000) Molecular variation in Galdieria sulphuraria (Galdieri) Merola and its bearing on taxonomy. Hydrobiologia 433 (1-3):145-151 |
| 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: | Allen, M.B. (1959) Studies with Cyanidium caldarium, an anomalously pigmented chlorophyte. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 32 (3):270-277 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MK217327 UNVERIFIED: Galdieria sp. isolate SAG108.79 RAD52-like gene, complete sequence. (889 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY119767 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 108.79 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1215 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AF545591 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 108.79 voucher SAG:108.79 elongation factor Tu (tufA) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (975 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY119695 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 108.79 photosystem I P700 chlorophyll A apoprotein A1 (psaA) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1395 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY391380 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 108.79 photosystem I P700 chlorophyll a apoprotein A2 (psaB) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1266 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY119731 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 108.79 photosystem II reaction center protein D1 (psbA) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (957 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY876206 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 108.79 photosystem II CP43 chlorophyll apoprotein (psbC) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (990 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY876231 Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 108.79 photosystem II protein D2 (psbD) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (861 bp) |
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| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
