| SAG Strain Number: | 2188 | 
		
		| TAXONOMY | 
		| Genus: | Xanthonema | 
		| Species: | hormidioides | 
		| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae | 
		| Authority: | (Vischer) Silva | 
		| Variety: |  | 
		| Formerly called: | Xanthonema cf. pascheri | 
		| Authentic: | no | 
		| Division: | Heterokontophyta | 
		| Class: | Xanthophyceae | 
		| ORIGIN | 
		| General habitat: |  | 
		| Climatic zone: | polar | 
		| Continent: | Antarctica | 
		| Country: | Antarctica | 
		| Locality: | Ross Island, airbone propagule | 
		| Lat. / Long.  (Precision): | -77.523122 / 166.968384  (100000m)   View on Google Maps | 
| Year: | before 2006 | 
		| Isolated by: | P. A. Broady | 
		| Strain number by isolator: | 773 as Xanthonema cf. pascheri | 
		| Deposition by: | C. Andreoli (< P. A. Broady) | 
		| Deposition date: | 01.05.2006 | 
		| CULTURE INFORMATION | 
		| Culture medium: | 3NBBM+V Ag | 
		| Axenic: | bacterial contamination | 
		| Strain relatives: |  | 
| Agitation resistance: | not detected | 
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain | 
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| PUBLICATIONS | 
| Publication: | Rybalka et al.  (2009) Testing for endemism, genotypic diversity and species concepts in Antarctic terrestrial microalgae of the Tribonemataceae (Stramenopiles, Xanthophyceae). Environ. Microbiol. 11 (3):554-565 | 
| Publication: | Maistro, S. et al. (2007) Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the order Tribonematales (Heterokonta, Xanthophyceae) based on analysis of plastidial genes rbcL and psaA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 43 (2):407-417 | 
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | 
| Sequence Accession: | EF455936  psbA gene, partial cds; psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, complete sequence; rbcL gene, complete cds; rbcL-rbcS intergenic spacer, complete sequence; rbcS gene, partial cds; chloroplast (650 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | AJ874713  plastid partial rbcL gene for ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large chain (1410 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | AJ875166  plastid partial psaA gene for photosystem I P700 chlorophyll A apoprotein A1 (1542 bp) | 
		| CRYO | 
		| Cryopreservation: | not detected | 
| TEACHING | 
		| Recommended for teaching: | no |