| SAG Strain Number: | 1410-4 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Calothrix |
| Species: | anomala |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Mitra |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Common name: | Bluegreen Algae - Cyanobacteria |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Country: | India |
| Locality: | soil |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | before 1951 |
| Isolated by: | A.K. Mitra |
| Strain number by isolator: | No. 5 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | before 1951 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | Z |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 1319; CCAP 1410/4 as Scytonema sp. [dec.]. Note: images currently available from UTEX and CCAP are not similar. SAG 11/2021 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Saraf A. et al. (2019) Phylogenetic complexities of the members of Rivulariaceae with the re-creation of the family Calotrichaceae and description of Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans gen nov., sp nov., and reclassification of Calothrix desertica. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 366 (17):fnz219 |
| Publication: | Pandey, D.C. (1965) A study on the algae from paddy field soils of Ballia and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh, India II. (A): Taxonomic considerations - Cyanophyceae. Nova Hedwigia 10:177-209 |
| Publication: | Mitra, A.K. (1951) The algal flora of certain Indian soils. Ind. J. Agric. Sci. 21:357-373 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019945 Calothrix anomala SAG 1410-4 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1461 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO regrowth on Agar |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
