SAG 209-2 Characium polymorphum
| SAG Strain Number: | 209-2 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Characium |
| Species: | polymorphum |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Trainor et Bold |
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| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | GA, soil from a field in Lowndes County |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 33.510914 / -88.360462 (2500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1953 |
| Isolated by: | F. R. Trainor |
| Strain number by isolator: | FRT-3 |
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| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | axenity status currently under review. 03/2016 |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 129; ATCC 30439 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Steudel B. et al. (2016) Contrasting biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in phylogenetic and functional diversity. New Phytologist 212 (2 ): 409-420 |
| Publication: | Steudel B. et al. (2012) Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients. Ecology Letters 15 (12):1397–1405 |
| Publication: | Trainor, F.R. et al. (1953) Three new unicellular Chlorophyceae from soil. Am. J. Bot. 40:758-767 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | KF673379 Characium polymorphum strain SAG 209-2 18S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence. (1724 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
