| SAG Strain Number: | 241.80 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Micractinium |
| Species: | conductrix |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | (K. Brandt) Pröschold et Darienko |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Chlorella spec. |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Germany |
| Locality: | pond Bot. Gard. Univ. Göttingen, endosymbiont of Paramecium bursaria (SAG 27.96) |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 51.193035 / 6.806624 (700m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Isolated by: | W. Koch |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | W. Koch (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | before 1980 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESFl Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; requires vitamine B12 and thiamine B1; able to grow on nitrate as nitrogen source; sensitive to Chlorovirus CVG; resistant to Chloroviruses PBCV-1 and ATCV-1; renamed from Chlorella spec. into authentic strain of Micractinium conductrix (K. Brandt)Micractinium conductrix (K. Brandt) Pröschold et Darienko acc. to Pröschold et al. (2011). SAG 03/2014 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Liu M. et al. (2024) Adaptive evolution of chloroplast division mechanisms during plant terrestrialization. Cell Rep. 43 (3):113950 |
| Publication: | Puginier C. et al. (2024) Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary origins of lichenization in chlorophyte algae. Nat. Comm. 15 (1):4452 |
| Publication: | Puginier C. et al. (2022) Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary origin of lichenization in chlorophyte algae. bioRxiv |
| Publication: | Spanner C. et al. (2020) Endosymbiotic Green Algae in Paramecium bursaria: A New Isolation Method and a Simple Diagnostic PCR Approach for the Identification. Diversity 12 (6):240 |
| Publication: | Arriola M.B. et al. (2018) Genome sequences of Chlorella sorokiniana UTEX 1602 and Micractinium conductrix SAG 241.80: implications to maltose excretion by a green alga. Plant J 93 (3):566-586 |
| Publication: | Bajerski F. et al. (2018) ATP Content and Cell Viability as Indicators for Cryostress Across the Diversity of Life. Front. Physiol. 9:921 |
| Publication: | Pröschold T. et al. (2011) The systematics of Zoochlorella revisited employing an integrative approach. Environm. Microbiol. 13 (2):350–364 |
| Publication: | Hoshina R. et al. (2010) Chlorella variabilis and Micractinium reisseri sp. nov. (Chlorellaceae, Trebouxiophyceae): Redescription of the endosymbiotic green algae of Paramecium bursaria (Peniculia, Oligohymenophorea) in the 120th year. Phycol. Res. 58:188-201 |
| Publication: | Luo, W. et al. (2010) Generic concept in Chlorella-related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Plant Biol. 12 (3):545-553 |
| Publication: | Linz, B. et al. (1999) Correlation between virus-sensitivity and isoenzyme spectrum in symbiotic Chlorella-like algae. Protistology 1 (2):76-81 |
| Publication: | Kapaun, Edwin et al. (1995) A chitin-like glycan in the cell wall of a Chlorella sp. (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyceae). Planta 197 (4):577-582 |
| Publication: | Kessler E. et al. (1990) Biochemical taxonomy of symbiotic Chlorella strains from Paramecium and Acanthocystis. Bot. Acta 103 (2):140-142 |
| Publication: | Reisser, Werner et al. (1988) A comparison of viruses infecting two different Chlorella-like green Algae. Virology 167 (1):143-149 |
| Publication: | Reisser W. et al. (1986) Studies on ultrastructure and host range of a Chlorella attacking virus. Protoplasma 135 (2):162-165 |
| Publication: | Reisser, Werner (1984) The taxonomy of green algae endosymbiotic in ciliates and a sponge. 19:309-318 |
| Publication: | Niess, Dörte et al. (1982) Photobehaviour of Paramecium bursaria infected with different symbiotic and aposymbiotic species of Chlorella. Planta 156 (5):475-480 |
| Publication: | Reisser, Von Werner et al. (1980) Zytologische Analyse der Endosymbioseeinheit von Paramecium bursaria Ehrbg. und Chlorella spec. Archiv für Protistenkunde 123 (3):326-332 |
| Publication: | Reisser, Werner (1976) Die stoffwechselphysiologischen Beziehungen zwischen Paramecium bursaria Ehrbg. und Chlorella spec. in der Paramecium bursaria-Symbiose. Archives of Microbiology 107 (3):357-360 |
| Publication: | Reisser, Werner (1975) Zur Taxonomie einer auxotrophen Chlorella aus Paramecium bursaria Ehrbg. Archives of Microbiology 104 (1):293-295 |
| Publication: | Reisser, Werner (1975) Zur Taxonomie einer auxotrophen Chlorella aus Paramecium bursaria Ehrbg. Archives of Microbiology 104 (1):293-295 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA290385 Micractinium conductrix strain:SAG 241.80 Genome sequencing and assembly |
| Sequence Accession: | CM009643 Micractinium conductrix strain SAG 241.80 mitochondrion, complete sequence, whole genome shotgun sequence. (95661 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | CM009644 Micractinium conductrix strain SAG 241.80 chloroplast, complete sequence, whole genome shotgun sequence. (149364 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM205851 Micractinium sp. TP-2008b 18S rRNA gene (partial), ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene (partial), strain SAG 241.80. (2778 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
