SAG 161-1a Tetraselmis subcordiformis
| SAG Strain Number: | 161-1a |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Tetraselmis |
| Species: | subcordiformis |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorodendrophyceae |
| Authority: | (Wille) Butcher |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Platymonas subcordiformis |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorodendrophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | marine |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | Connecticut, tide pool at New Haven |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 41.313532 / -72.927504 (10000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1952 |
| Isolated by: | R.A. Lewin |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | Porph Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 161/1A; UTEX 171 as Platymonas subcordiformis |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | strain able to produce micropearls (strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions) via biomineralization (Martignier et al. 2018); |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Martignier A. et al. (2020) Biomineralization Capacities of Chlorodendrophyceae: Correlation Between Chloroplast Morphology and the Distribution of Micropearls in the Cell. Protist 170 (2):209-232 |
| Publication: | Martignier A. et al. (2018) Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus Tetraselmis (Chlorophyta) . Biogeosciences 15:6591-6605 |
| Publication: | Schulze D. et al. (1987) Immunolocalization of a Ca2+ -modulated contractile protein in the flagellar apparatus of green algae: the nucleus-basal body connector. Eur J Cell Biol 45:51-61 |
| Publication: | McFadden, G.I. et al. (1986) Use of Hepes buffer for microalgal culture media and fixation for electron microscopy. Phycologia 25 (4):551-557 |
| Publication: | Lewin, R.A. (1958) The cell walls of Platymonas. J. Gen. Microbiol. 19 (1):87-90 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | MK482410 Tetraselmis subcordiformis isolate SAG 161.1a rbcL gene, partial cds; chloroplast (372 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MK460481 Tetraselmis subcordiformis isolate SAG 161.1a ssU rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsU rRNA gene, partial sequence. (630 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
