| SAG Strain Number: | 221-2 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Chromochloris |
| Species: | zofingiensis |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | (Dönz) Fucíková et L.A.Lewis |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Chromochloris cinnabarina Kol et F. Chodat; authentic strain of Bracteacoccus cinnabarinus (Kol et F. Chodat) Starr |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | soil from Unterengadin |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 46.705498 / 10.401936 (8000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1934 |
| Isolated by: | E. Kol and F. Chodat |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (< Vischer No.162 < F.Chodat 1935) |
| Deposition date: | 1936 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 221/2; UTEX 56 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | antibacterial activity of duplicate strain CCAP 221/2 (Cannell et al. 1988) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Wood E.E. et al. (2022) Progress towards a targeted biorefinery of Chromochloris zofingiensis: a review. Biomass Conv. Bioref. |
| Publication: | Reichelt N. et al. (2021) Epigenomic stability assessment during cryopreservation and physiology among various strains of Chromochloris zofingiensis (Chlorophyceae) and their genetic variability revealed by AFLP and MS-AFLP. J. Appl. Phycol. 33:2327-2340 |
| Publication: | Steudel B. et al. (2016) Contrasting biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in phylogenetic and functional diversity. New Phytologist 212 (2 ): 409-420 |
| Publication: | Fučíková K. et al. (2012) Revision of the genus Bracteacoccus Tereg (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on a phylogenetic approach. Nova Hedwigia 96 (1-2):15-59 |
| Publication: | Fučíková K. et al. (2012) Intersection of Chlorella, Muriella and Bracteacoccus: Resurrecting the genus Chromochloris Kol et Chodat (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Fottea 12 (1):83-93 |
| Publication: | Steudel B. et al. (2012) Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients. Ecology Letters 15 (12):1397–1405 |
| Publication: | Cannell, R.J.P. et al. (1988) Results of a large-scale screening programme to detect antibacterial activity from freshwater algae. Br. Phycol. J. 23 (2):41-44 |
| Publication: | Starr, R.C. (1955) A comparative study of Chroococcum Meneghini and other spherical, zoospore-producing genera of Chlorococcales. Indiana University Publications, Science Series 20:111p. |
| Publication: | Vischer, W. (1936) Über Heterokonten und Heterokonten-ähnliche Grünalgen (Bumilleriopsis, Heterothrix, Heterococcus und Dictyococcus, Muriella). Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 45:372-410 |
| Publication: | Kol, E. et al. (1934) Quelques algues nouvelles des sols et de la neige du Parc National Suisse, Engadin. Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève 25:250-263 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MW075314 Chromochloris zofingiensis strain SAG 221-2 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partia (3911 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KF673375 Chromochloris zofingiensis strain SAG 221-2 18S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence. (2085 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
