 
  
  | SAG Strain Number: | 2.97 | 
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Nostochopsis | 
| Species: | lobatus | 
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria | 
| Authority: | Wood | 
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no | 
| Division: | Cyanobacteria | 
| Class: | Cyanophyceae | 
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater | 
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Africa | 
| Country: | South Africa | 
| Locality: | Northern Province, Langjan Nature Reserve, cryptoendolithic in 9200 m² Tshipise sandstone plateau, belonging to river bed of Brak River | 
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -22.683333 / 29.100000 (300m) View on Google Maps | 
| Year: | December 1990 | 
| Isolated by: | B. Büdel | 
| Strain number by isolator: | Bü 92.1 | 
| Deposition by: | B. Büdel | 
| Deposition date: | 12.1996 | 
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | BG11-NaNO3 Ag | 
| 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: | Kryvenda A. et al. (2023) Testing for terrestrial and freshwater microalgae productivity under elevated CO2 conditions and nutrient limitation. BMC Plant. Biol. 23:27 | 
| Publication: | Bauersachs T. et al. (2014) Distribution of long chain heterocyst glycolipids in N2-fixing cyanobacteria of the order Stigonematales. Phytochemistry 98:145-150 | 
| Publication: | Donner, A. (2013) The case of Chroococcidiopsis: New phylogenetic and morphological insights into ecologically important Cyanobacteria. | 
| Publication: | Gugger, M. F. et al. (2004) Polyphyly of true branching cyanobacteria (Stigonematales). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54:349-357 | 
| Publication: | Weber et al. (1996) Biology and ecology of cryptoendolithic cyanobacteria of a sandstone outcrop in the Northern Province, South Africa. Algological Studies 83:565-579 | 
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | MT707815 Nostochopsis lobatus 92.1 strain SAG 2.97/92.1 dinitrogenase reductase gene, partial cds. (373 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | AJ544080 partial 16S rRNA gene (1381 bp) | 
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected | 
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |