| SAG Strain Number: | 2279 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Asterochloris |
| Species: | woessiae |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | Škaloud et Peksa |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | phycobiont |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Locality: | phycobiont of lichen Lepraria borealis; Stara planina Mts, Central Balkan National Park, on sunlit slate rock and over moss in fissures of rock, alt. 618 m |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 42.653028 / 24.8065 (50m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | July 2004 |
| Isolated by: | O. Peksa (leg. Š. Bayerová & M. Slavík) |
| Strain number by isolator: | LEP 10 as Asterochloris woessiae spec. nov. |
| Deposition by: | CAUP (P. Skaloud) |
| Deposition date: | 05.2007 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CAUP H 1009 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | Sexual reproduction by fusion of biflagellate isogamous gametes; planozygotes with four longitudinal flagella described by Skaloud et al. (2015) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Škaloud, P. et al. (2015) Assembling the challenging puzzle of algal biodiversity: species delimitation within the genus Asterochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 51 (3):507–527 |
| Publication: | Skaloud, P. et al. (2008) Comparative study of chloroplast morphology and ontogeny in Asterochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Biologia, Bratislava 63 (6):873-880 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | AM900492 ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and partial 26S rRNA gene (600 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM906045 partial act1 gene for actin type I (645 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
