| SAG Strain Number: | 159-1 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Pascherina |
| Species: | tetras |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | (Korshikov) Silva |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, Jesus Ditch |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.213208 / 0.122473 (500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Isolated by: | R.C. Starr |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.A. George (CCAP, Cambridge) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 3NBBM+V |
| Axenic: | not axenic, bacterial and fungal contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; unicellular; taxonomy unclear, unicellular morphology does not assemble original description (amongst others: Nakada et al. 2010) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Munakata, H. et al. (2016) Phylogenetic Position and Molecular Chronology of a Colonial Green Flagellate, Stephanosphaera pluvialis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), among Unicellular Algae. J Eukaryot Microbiol 63 (3):340-8 |
| Publication: | Mizuho Sugasawa et al. (2015) Morphology and phylogenetic position of a rare four-celled green alga, Pascherina tetras (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), based on cultured material. Phycologia 54 (4):342-348 |
| Publication: | Nakada, T. et al. (2010) Another Origin of Coloniality in Volvocaleans: The Phylogenetic Position of Pyrobotrys Arnoldi (Spondylomoraceae, Volvocales). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57 (4):379-382 |
| Publication: | Silva P.C. (1959) Remarks on algal nomenclature II. Taxon 8 (2) |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | LC066348 Pascherina tetras chloroplast atpB gene for ATP synthase beta-subunit, partial cds, strain: SAG 159-1. (1203 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB542921 Pascherina tetras gene for 18S rRNA, partial sequence. (1747 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB542926 Pascherina tetras chloroplast psaB gene for P700 chlorophyll a-apoprotein A2, partial cds. (1581 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB542929 Pascherina tetras chloroplast rbcL gene for large subunit of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, partial cds. (1364 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
