| SAG Strain Number: | 2422 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Heterococcus |
| Species: | viridis |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Chodat |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Heterococcus pleurococcoides Pitschmann |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Antarctica |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Locality: | Mac. Robertson Land, Chapman Ridge (ice-free area); elevation 300m (67°28'S, 60°57'E), assoc. with macroscopic growth of Nostoc commune on waterflushed slope |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -67.466667 / 60.950000 View on Google Maps |
| Year: | between 1978 and 1979 |
| Isolated by: | P. A. Broady |
| Strain number by isolator: | 473 (EIF PAB 398/473) |
| Deposition by: | E. I. Friedmann |
| Deposition date: | 11.1987 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial and fungal contaminations |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX EE 122, CCMEE 398 Broady#473 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Kryvenda A. et al. (2023) Testing for terrestrial and freshwater microalgae productivity under elevated CO2 conditions and nutrient limitation. BMC Plant. Biol. 23:27 |
| Publication: | Rybalka, N. et al. (2013) Congruence of chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded DNA sequence variations used to assess species boundaries in the soil microalga Heterococcus (Stramenopiles, Xanthophyceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:39 |
| Publication: | Darling, R.B. et al. (1987) Heterococcus endolithicus sp. nov. (Xanthophyceae) and other terrestrial Heterococcus species from Antarctica: Morphological changes during life history and response to temperature. J. Phycol. 23:598-60 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681211 Heterococcus pleurococcoides strain SAG EIF PAB 398/473 isolate EIF PAB 398/473 PsbA (psbA) gene, partial cds; psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, complete sequence; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, complete cds; rb (1982 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681155 Heterococcus pleurococcoides strain SAG EIF PAB 398/473 isolate EIF PAB 398/473 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (339 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
