SAG 2291 Prototheca blaschkeae

SAG Strain Number:	2291
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Prototheca
Species:	blaschkeae
Taxonomic position:	Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae
Authority:	Roesler et al.
Variety:
Formerly called:	P. zopfii biotype III
Authentic:	no
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:
Climatic zone:	temperate
Continent:	Europe
Country:	Portugal
Locality:	Vila do Conde, Macieira, milk from cow Bos taurus with chronic bovine protothecal mastitis
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):	41.342709 / -8.665506  (1000m)   View on Google Maps
Year:	October 2002
Isolated by:	S. Marques
Strain number by isolator:	UP-PT-P2
Deposition by:	S. Marques
Deposition date:	09.2008
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	TOM Ag
Axenic:	axenic
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	colourless; thermophile (38°C). Animal pathogene. Risk Level 2 > restricted distribution! Handle with care.
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Figueroa-Martinez F. et al. (2015) When the lights go out: the evolutionary fate of free-living colorless green algae. New Phytologist 206 (3):972-982
Publication:	Marques S. et al. (2015) Internal transcribed spacer sequence-based rapid molecular identification of Prototheca zopfii and Prototheca blaschkeae directly from milk of infected cows. Journal of Dairy Science 98 (5):3001-3009
Publication:	Thompson G. et al. (2009) Algaemia in a dairy cow by Prototheca blaschkeae. Med. Mycol. 47:527-531
Publication:	Marques S. et al. (2008) Bovine mastitis associated with Prototheca blaschkeae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46:1941-1945
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	HG515045  Prototheca blaschkeae 18S rRNA gene (partial), ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene (partial), strain UP-PT-P2 (1561 bp)
Sequence Accession:	EU439262  18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1815 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no