SAG 2306 Desikacharya spec.

SAG Strain Number:	2306
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Desikacharya
Species:	spec.
Taxonomic position:	Cyanobacteria
Authority:
Variety:
Formerly called:	Nostoc sp.
Authentic:	no
Division:	Cyanobacteria
Class:	Cyanophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:	soil
Climatic zone:
Continent:	Africa
Country:	Egypt
Locality:	Assiut University, agriculture farm, from clay soil sample
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:	before 2009
Isolated by:	R. Abdel-Basset (reisolation of multialgal culture M. Lorenz 11.2009)
Strain number by isolator:
Deposition by:	R. Abdel-Basset
Deposition date:	06.2009
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	BG11 Ag
Axenic:	axenic
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	strain SAG 2306 Nostoc sp. assigned to Desikacharya gen. nov. Saraf et al. 2019. SAG 07/2022
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Saraf A.G. et al. (2019) Desikacharya gen. nov., a phylogenetically distinct genus of Cyanobacteria along with the description of two new species, Desikacharya nostocoides sp. nov. and Desikacharya soli sp. nov., and reclassification of Nostoc thermotolerans to Desikacharya thermotolerans comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 69 (2):307-315
Publication:	Abdel-Basset R. et al. (2011) High growth rate, photosynthesis rate and increased hydrogen(ases) in manganese deprived cells of a newly isolated Nostoc-like cyanobacterium (SAG 2306). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 36 (19):12200-12210
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	GQ287649  Nostoc sp. SAG 2306 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1439 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no