| SAG Strain Number: | 12.99 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Chroococcopsis |
| Species: | gigantea |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Geitler |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | subaerial |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Locality: | Coimbra |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 40.205493 / -8.415012 (2000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Isolated by: | M. F. Santos (J. Barros Neves) |
| Strain number by isolator: | ACOI 74 |
| Deposition by: | M. F. Santos (ACOI) |
| Deposition date: | 01.07.1999 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | Z |
| Axenic: | fungal contamination |
| Strain relatives: | ACOI 74 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; strain correctly identified and representative of genus Chroococcopsis acc. to Shalygin et al. 2019 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Shalygin S. et al. (2019) Neotypification of Pleurocapsa fuliginosa and epitypification of P. minor (Pleurocapsales): resolving a polyphyletic cyanobacterial genus. Phytotaxa 392 (4):245-263 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019987 Chroococcopsis gigantea SAG 12.99 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1462 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
