SAG 2025 Chroococcidiopsis spec.

SAG Strain Number:	2025
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Chroococcidiopsis
Species:	spec.
Taxonomic position:	Cyanobacteria
Authority:
Variety:
Formerly called:
Authentic:	no
Division:	Cyanobacteria
Class:	Cyanophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:	endolithic
Climatic zone:
Continent:	America
Country:	USA
Locality:	Hawaii, Ewa Plain: endolithic from a coral rock
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):	21.32136 / -157.999284  (6000m)   View on Google Maps
Year:	1984
Isolated by:	B. Büdel
Strain number by isolator:	Bü 84.1
Deposition by:	B. Büdel
Deposition date:	1999
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	BG11 Ag
Axenic:	bacterial and fungal contaminations
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Laura A Antonaru L.A. et al. (2023) Common loss of far-red light photoacclimation in cyanobacteria from hot and cold deserts: a case study in the Chroococcidiopsidales. ISME Comm. 3 (1):113
Publication:	Donner, A. (2013) The case of Chroococcidiopsis: New phylogenetic and morphological insights into ecologically important Cyanobacteria.
Publication:	Marin, B. et al. (2007) The ancestor of the Paulinella chromatophore obtained a carboxysomal operon by horizontal gene transfer from a Nitrococcus-like γ-proteobacterium. BMC Evol. Biol. 7 (85)
Publication:	Fewer, D. et al. (2002) Chroococcidiopsis and heterocyst-differentiating cyanobacteria are each other's closest relatives. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23:82-90
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	AJ344554  partial 16S rRNA gene (1464 bp)
Sequence Accession:	AM709635  Chroococcidiopsis sp. SAG 2025 partial ribosomal RNA operon, strain SAG 2025. (4673 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no