| SAG Strain Number: | 2028 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Nostoc |
| Species: | cf. microscopicum |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
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| Variety: | |
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| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Common name: | Blue-Green Algae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | epilithic (surface of rocks and buildings etc.) |
| Climatic zone: | |
| 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 |
| Deposition by: | T. Friedl (< D. Mollenhauer) |
| Deposition date: | 02.2002 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | BG11 Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| 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 |
