| SAG Strain Number: | 1403-4b |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Anabaena |
| Species: | variabilis |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Kützing |
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| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | mostly freshwater |
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| Year: | before 1952 |
| Isolated by: | origin unknown |
| Strain number by isolator: | Utrecht P40 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | BG11 Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 1403/4B; UTEX 377; ATCC 29211; PCC 6309; DSM 107003 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; may produce Phycoerythrocyanin (D. Strehlow, Jena, pers. comm. 8/2000) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Will, S. et al. (2018) Day and Night: Metabolic Profiles and Evolutionary Relationships of Six Axenic Non-Marine Cyanobacteria. Genome Biology and Evolution 11 (1):270-294 |
| Publication: | Roeselers G. et al. (2008) Diversity and expression of cyanobacterial hupS genes in pure cultures and in a nitrogen-limited phototrophic biofilm. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 63 (3):292-300 |
| Publication: | Stocker A. et al. (1994) The Reaction Mechanism of Chromanol-Ring Formation Catalyzed by tocopherol cyclase from Anabaena variabilis KÜTZING (Cyanobacteria). HCA 77 (7):1721-1737 |
| Publication: | Stocker A. et al. (1993) Identification of The Tocopherol-Cyclase in the Blue-Green Algae Anabaena variabilis KÜTZING (Cyanobacteria). HCA 76 (4):1729-1738 |
| Publication: | Rippka R. et al. (1979) Generic assignments, strain histories and properties of pure cultures of cyanobacteria. J. Gen. Microbiol. 111 (1):1-61 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MH979227 Trichormus variabilis SAG 1403-4b strain ATCC 29211 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (506 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MH620010 Trichormus variabilis SAG 1403-4b 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (729 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF431946 Anabaena variabilis SAG 1403-4b uptake hydrogenase small subunit (hupS) gene, partial cds. (249 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
