SAG 2210 Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes
| SAG Strain Number: | 2210 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Coleofasciculus |
| Species: | chthonoplastes |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Siegesmund, J.R.Johansen et Friedl |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Microcoleus chthonoplastes |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Common name: | Bluegreen Algae - Cyanobacteria |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | marine, benthic |
| Climatic zone: | tropic |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Locality: | Sinai Peninsula, Solar Lake |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 29.422299 / 34.830096 (100m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | March 1993 |
| Isolated by: | coll. Prufert-Bebout and F. Garcia-Pichel |
| Strain number by isolator: | SOL as Microcoleus chthonoplastes |
| Deposition by: | M. Siegesmund |
| Deposition date: | 16.05.2007 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | SWES |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | high salinity strain (ca. 70 psu) |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Siegesmund, M.A. et al. (2008) COLEOFASCICULUS GEN. NOV. (CYANOBACTERIA): MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CRITERIA FOR REVISION OF THE GENUS MICROCOLEUS GOMONT1. J. Phycol. 44 (6):1572-1585 |
| Publication: | Karsten U. et al. (1996) Carotenoids and Mycosporine-like Amino Acid Compounds in Members of the Genus Microcoleus (Cyanobacteria): A Chemosystematic Study. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 19 (3):285-294 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | EF654045 Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes SAG 2210 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (2014 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
