SAG 21.97 Micrasterias ceratofera

SAG Strain Number:	21.97
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Micrasterias
Species:	ceratofera
Taxonomic position:	Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae
Authority:	Joshua
Variety:
Formerly called:
Authentic:	no
Division:	Streptophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:	freshwater
Climatic zone:	tropical
Continent:	Asia
Country:	Indonesia
Locality:	Sumatra; coll. K. Handke
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:	1983
Isolated by:	M. Engels
Strain number by isolator:	355
Deposition by:	M. Engels (SVCK)
Deposition date:	09.1997
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	WEES
Axenic:	bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:	SVCK 355
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Poulickova, A. et al. (2014) DNA content variation and its significance in the evolution of the genus Micrasterias (Desmidiales, Streptophyta). PLOS One 9 (1):e86247
Publication:	Skaloud, P. et al. (2011) A multilocus phylogeny of the desmid genus Micrasterias (Streptophyta): evidence for the accelerated rate of morphological evolution in protists. Mol Phylogenet Evol 61 (3):933-43
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	FR852670  Micrasterias ceratofera mitochondrial partial cox III gene for cytochrome oxidase subunit III, strain SAG 21.97. (591 bp)
Sequence Accession:	FR852630  Micrasterias ceratofera chloroplast partial psaA gene for photosystem I P700 chlorophyll A apoprotein A1, strain SAG 21.97. (919 bp)
Sequence Accession:	FR852598  Micrasterias ceratofera partial 18S rRNA gene, strain SAG 21.97. (1763 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no