| SAG Strain Number: | 2425 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Heterococcus |
| Species: | leptosiroides |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Pitschmann |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Heterococcus caespitosus Vischer |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Antarctica |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Locality: | Princess Elizabeth Land, Vestfold Hills, elevation 30-90m, edaphic in moist soil near snow petrel nest (68°35S, 78°10E) |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -68.576441 / 78.154907 (10000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1978-1979 |
| Isolated by: | P. A. Broady |
| Strain number by isolator: | 372 (EIF PAB 399/372) |
| Deposition by: | E. I. Friedmann |
| Deposition date: | 11.1987 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 2816, UTEX EE 123, CCMEE 399 Broady#372 |
| 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: | JX681212 Heterococcus caespitosus strain SAG EIF PAB 399/372 isolate EIF PAB 399/372 PsbA (psbA) gene, partial cds; psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, complete sequence; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, complete cds; rbcL-r (1953 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681172 Heterococcus caespitosus strain SAG EIF PAB 399/372 isolate EIF PAB 399/372 clone acl63 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (305 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681173 Heterococcus caespitosus strain SAG EIF PAB 399/372 isolate EIF PAB 399/372 clone acl64 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (306 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681171 Heterococcus caespitosus strain SAG EIF PAB 399/372 isolate EIF PAB 399/372 clone acl62 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (307 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
