SAG 228.80 Phacus ocellatus

SAG Strain Number:	228.80
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Phacus
Species:	ocellatus
Taxonomic position:	Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae
Authority:	(Pringsheim) Marin et Melkonian
Variety:
Formerly called:	Hyalophacus ocellatus Pringsheim
Authentic:	no
Division:	Euglenophyta
Class:	Euglenophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:	freshwater
Climatic zone:	temperate
Continent:	Europe
Country:	Switzerland
Locality:	forest pond
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:	before 1959
Isolated by:	H. R. Christen
Strain number by isolator:
Deposition by:	H. R. Christen (Winterthur)
Deposition date:	1959
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	ErbsMS
Axenic:	bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:	CCAP 1237/1B
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Brosnan, S. et al. (2003) Phylogeny of the photosynthetic euglenophytes inferred from the nuclear SSU and partial LSU rDNA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (4):1175-1186
Publication:	Nudelman, M.A. et al. (2003) Phylogeny of Euglenophyceae based on small subunit rDNA sequences: taxonomic implications. J. Phycol. 39 (1): 226-235
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	AF445458  Phacus ocellatus voucher SAG:228.80 18S small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.  (2372 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no