| SAG Strain Number: | 1403-7 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Anabaena |
| Species: | ambigua |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Rao |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | mostly freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Country: | India |
| Locality: | |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | before 1962 |
| Isolated by: | A. K. Mitra |
| Strain number by isolator: | Mitra 2 |
| Deposition by: | CCAP |
| Deposition date: | 1991 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 1403/7; UTEX 1616 as A. sphaerica |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; strain SAG 1403-7 decayed in 1990 and was replaced by CCAP 1403/7 in 1991 |
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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: | Pandey D.C. et al. (1962) On the morphology and life history of a new species of Anabaenopsis - A. ambigua n.sp. Nova Hedwigia 4:345-350 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KT290326 Wollea ambigua SAG 1403-7 16S ribosomal RNA gene and 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence. (1507 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019920 Anabaena sphaerica UTEX 'B 1616' 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1461 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | standard 5% DMSO, good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
