SAG Strain Number: | 2028 |
TAXONOMY | |
Genus: | Nostoc |
Species: | cf. microscopicum |
Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
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Authentic: | no |
Division: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
ORIGIN | |
General habitat: | epilithic (surface of rocks and buildings etc.) |
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Continent: | Africa |
Country: | South Africa |
Locality: | Oranje, Bethlehem District, Drakensberg mountains: cave in Clarens sandstone |
Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -28.506637 / 28.415608 (2000m) View on Google Maps |
Year: | 1991 |
Isolated by: | D. Mollenhauer |
Strain number by isolator: | 1:1-103 |
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CULTURE INFORMATION | |
Culture medium: | BG11 Ag |
Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
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Agitation resistance: | not detected |
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PUBLICATIONS | |
Publication: | Lang, I. et al. (2011) Fatty acid profiles and their distribution patterns in microalgae: a comprehensive analysis of more than 2000 strains from the SAG culture collection. BMC Plant Biol 11:124 |
Publication: | Fewer, D. et al. (2002) Chroococcidiopsis and heterocyst-differentiating cyanobacteria are each other's closest relatives. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23:82-90 |
Publication: | Mollenhauer, D. et al. (1994) Approaches to species delimitations in the genus Nostoc Vaucher 1803 ex Bornet et Flahault 1888. Algological Studies 75:189-209 |
Publication: | Büdel, B. et al. (1993) Massenentwicklung von Nostoc c.f.microscopicum in alkalinischem, salzhaltigem Milieu einer Höhe in der Drakensbergen Südafrikas (Golden Gate Highlands National Park). Arch. Protistenk. 143 (2):229-235 |
SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
Sequence Accession: | AJ344563 partial 16S rRNA gene (1461 bp) |
CRYO | |
Cryopreservation: | not detected |
TEACHING | |
Recommended for teaching: | no |