| SAG Strain Number: | 1403-2 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Anabaena |
| Species: | cylindrica |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Lemmermann |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, garden pond water |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.202347 / 0.128345 (6000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Isolated by: | S.P. Chu |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (Cambridge) < S.P. Chu |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 1403/2A; UTEX 629; ATCC 27899; PCC 73105 and 7122 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Kozlíková-Zapomělová E. et al. (2016) Phylogenetic and taxonomic position of the genus Wollea with the description of Wollea salina sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria, Nostocales). Fottea 16 (1):43-55 |
| Publication: | Stockenreiter, M. et al. (2013) Functional group richness: implications of biodiversity for light use and lipid yield in microalgae. J. Phycol. 49 (5):838-847 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2008) Screening of microalgae for species excreting norharmane, a manifold biologically active indole alkaloid. Microbiological Research 163 (1):307-313 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2005) Screening of microalgal culture media for the presence of algicidal compounds and isolation and identification of two bioactive metabolites, excreted by the cyanobacteria Nostoc insulare and Nodularia harveyana. Journal of Applied Phycology 17 (4):339-347 |
| Publication: | Stanier R.Y. et al. (1979) Generic assignments, strain histories and properties of pure cultures of cyanobacteria. J. Gen. Microbiol. 111 (1):1-61 |
| Publication: | Walsby A.E. (1968) Mucilage secretion and the movements of blue-green algae. Protoplasma 65:223-238 |
| Publication: | Cox, R.M. (1966) Physiological studies on nitrogen fixation in the blue-green alga Anabaena cylindrica. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 53 (3):263-276 |
| Publication: | Fogg G.E. et al. (1958) Photochemical reduction of elementary nitrogen in the blue-green alga Anabaena cylindrica. Biochim Biophys Acta 30 (1):209-10 |
| Publication: | Fogg, E.G. (1951) Growth and Heterocyst Production in Anabaena cylindrica Lemm: III. The Cytology of Heterocysts. Ann Bot 15 (1):23-36 |
| Publication: | Fogg G.E. (1949) Growth and Heterocyst Production in Anabaena cylindrica Lemm. II. In Relation to Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism. Ann Bot 13:241-259 |
| Publication: | Fogg, E.G. (1944) GROWTH AND HETEROCYST PRODUCTION IN ANABAENA CYLINDRICA LEMM. New Phytol 43 (2):164-175 |
| Publication: | Fogg, E.G. (1942) Studies on nitrogen fixation by Anabaena cylindrica Lemm. J. Exper. Biol. 19:78-87 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KT290325 Anabaena cylindrica PCC 7122 16S ribosomal RNA gene and 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence. (1509 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019919 Anabaena cylindrica PCC 7122 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1461 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | GQ980021 Anabaena cylindrica PCC 7122 23S large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL) gene, partial sequence. (572 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | very low survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
