| SAG Strain Number: | 157.80 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Micrasterias |
| Species: | muricata |
| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae |
| Authority: | (Bailey) Ralfs |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Streptophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | TX |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Isolated by: | W. Koch (leg. K. Handke) |
| Strain number by isolator: | formerly called SAG 649-1b |
| Deposition by: | W. Koch (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1976 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | WC |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Poulickova, A. et al. (2014) DNA content variation and its significance in the evolution of the genus Micrasterias (Desmidiales, Streptophyta). PLOS One 9 (1):e86247 |
| Publication: | Skaloud, P. et al. (2011) A multilocus phylogeny of the desmid genus Micrasterias (Streptophyta): evidence for the accelerated rate of morphological evolution in protists. Mol Phylogenet Evol 61 (3):933-43 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | FR852684 Micrasterias muricata mitochondrial partial cox III gene for cytochrome oxidase subunit III, strain SAG 157.80. (534 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FR852644 Micrasterias muricata chloroplast partial psaA gene for photosystem I P700 chlorophyll A apoprotein A1, strain SAG 157.80. (920 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FR852610 Micrasterias muricata partial 18S rRNA gene, strain SAG 157.80. (1741 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
