SAG 136.80 Cosmarium botrytis
| SAG Strain Number: | 136.80 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Cosmarium |
| Species: | botrytis |
| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae |
| Authority: | Meneghini |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Streptophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | former Czechoslovakia |
| Locality: | |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | before 1960 |
| Isolated by: | K. Ondracek |
| Strain number by isolator: | 1 (former SAG 612-4) |
| Deposition by: | CAUP (as Prague No. 227) |
| Deposition date: | 1960 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag and WC (flasks) |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 301 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; recommended for schools |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Wacker, A. et al. (2016) Light-Induced Changes in Fatty Acid Profiles of Specific Lipid Classes in Several Freshwater Phytoplankton Species. Front Plant Sci 7:264 |
| Publication: | Gerotto, C. et al. (2013) Evolution of photoprotection mechanisms upon land colonization: evidence of PSBS-dependent NPQ in late Streptophyte algae. Physiologia Plantarum 149:583–598 |
| 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 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | AF182362 Cosmarium botrytis culture-collection SAG:136.80 tRNA-Leu gene, intron; chloroplast. (423 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AF090970 Cosmarium botrytis actin gene, partial cds. (1727 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | no survival; standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
