| SAG Strain Number: | 2423 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Heterococcus |
| Species: | viridis |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Chodat |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Antarctica |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Locality: | between Siegfried Peak and Siegmund Peak |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -77.575232 / 161.765041 (1000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1988 |
| Isolated by: | E. I. Friedmann |
| Strain number by isolator: | 430/A 801-2 (EIF 430/A 801-2) |
| Deposition by: | E. I. Friedmann |
| Deposition date: | 11.1987 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| 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 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681154 Heterococcus viridis strain SAG EIF 430/A801-2 isolate EIF 430/A801-2 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (336 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681209 Heterococcus viridis strain SAG EIF 430/A801-2 PsbA (psbA) gene, partial cds; psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, complete sequence; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, complete cds; rbcL-rbcS intergenic spacer, comple (1982 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
