| SAG Strain Number: | 114.79 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Porphyridium |
| Species: | sordidum |
| Taxonomic position: | Rhodophyta - Rhodophyceae |
| Authority: | Geitler |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Rhodophyceae |
| Common name: | Red Algae - Rhodophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | MA, Amherst, between floor bricks in old greenhouse at University of Massachusetts |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 42.375159 / -72.519854 (200m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | April 1966 |
| Isolated by: | F.D. Ott |
| Strain number by isolator: | O 250 |
| Deposition by: | F.D. Ott |
| Deposition date: | before 1979 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 1/2SWES |
| Axenic: | fungal contamination |
| Strain relatives: | CCMP 1946 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Kryvenda A. et al. (2023) Testing for terrestrial and freshwater microalgae productivity under elevated CO2 conditions and nutrient limitation. BMC Plant. Biol. 23:27 |
| Publication: | Yokoyama, A. et al. (2009) Corynoplastis japonica gen. et sp. nov. and Dixoniellales ord. nov. (Rhodellophyceae, Rhodophyta) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phycol. Res. 57 (4):278-289 |
| Publication: | Ficner, R. et al. (1992) Isolation, crystallization, crystal structure analysis and refinement of B-phycoerythrin from the red alga Porphyridium sordidum at 2·2 A resolution. J. Mol. Biol. 228 (3):935-950 |
| Publication: | Pekárková B. (1989) Physiological properties of photosynthetic pigments in some Porphyridium and Rhodella species (Rhodophyceae). Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. (Algol. Stud. 55) 82 (2):197-206 |
| Publication: | Ott F.D. (1987) A brief review of the species Porphyridium with additional records for the rarely collected alga Porphyridium sordidum Geitler 1932 (Rhodophycophyta, Porphyridiales). Arch. Protistenk. 134 (1):35-41 |
| Publication: | Ott F.D. (1967) Porphyridium sordidum Geitler in America, with comments on the distribution of other north American freshwater rhodophytes. Virginia J. Sc. 18 (3):110-113 |
| Publication: | Ott F.D. (1967) A Second Record of Porphyridium Sordidum Geitler. J Phycol 3 (1):34-6 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | FJ595490 Porphyridium sordidum isolate SAG114.79 18S small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1738 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
