SAG 211-40b Choricystis parasitica

SAG Strain Number:	211-40b
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Choricystis
Species:	parasitica
Taxonomic position:	Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae
Authority:	(K. Brandt) Pröschold et Darienko
Variety:
Formerly called:	Chlorella sorokiniana Shihira et Krauss
Authentic:	no
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:
Climatic zone:
Continent:	America
Country:	USA
Locality:	MA, Manumet Beach, endosymbiont from Spongilla fluviatilis
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):	41.715468 / -70.615511  (2500m)   View on Google Maps
Year:	1956
Isolated by:	R.A. Lewin
Strain number by isolator:	strain 57
Deposition by:	R.A. Lewin
Deposition date:	05.1957
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	+V Ag
Axenic:	no
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; renamed from Chlorella sorokiniana Shihira et Krauss into Choricystis parasitica (K. Brandt) Pröschold et Darienko comb. nov. acc. to Pröschold et Darienko 2020. SAG 01/2024
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Pröschold T. et al. (2020) Choricystis and Lewiniosphaera gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae Chlorophyta), two different green algal endosymbionts in freshwater sponges. Symbiosis 82:175-188
Publication:	Soeder C.J. et al. (1969) Unterschiedliche Wirkung von Captan auf das Wachstum einiger Stämme yon Chlorella und Scenedesmus. Arch. Mikrobiol. 67 (2):166-172
Publication:	Lewin, R.A. (1966) Kultivo de zoochlorella apartigita el spongo. Scienca Revuo 17:33-36
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	MT423984  Choricystis parasitica strain SAG 211-40b 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 28S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (2479 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no