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SAG 251-1 Choricystis parasitica

SAG Strain Number:251-1
TAXONOMY
Genus:Choricystis
Species:parasitica
Taxonomic position:Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae
Authority:(K. Brandt) Pröschold et Darienko
Variety:
Formerly called:Choricystis minor (Skuja) Fott; Nannochloris coccoides Naumann
Authentic:no
Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Trebouxiophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:freshwater
Climatic zone:
Continent:America
Country:Canada
Locality:Grandprês
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):47.596932 / -71.084118  (5800m)   View on Google Maps
Year:1953
Isolated by:R.A. Lewin
Strain number by isolator:
Deposition by:E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:ESP Ag
Axenic:axenic
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:yes
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; reassigned from non-authentic Choricystis minor (Skuja) Fott into non-authentic strain of Choricystis parasitica (K. Brandt) Pröschold et Darienko 2020. SAG 01/2024
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:Pröschold T. et al. (2020) Choricystis and Lewiniosphaera gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae Chlorophyta), two different green algal endosymbionts in freshwater sponges. Symbiosis 82:175-188
Publication:Gustavs L. et al. (2017) Symbioses of the Green Algal Genera Coccomyxa and Elliptochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). In: Grube M. et al. [Eds.] Algal and Cyanobacteria Symbioses
Publication:Karsten, U. et al. (2005) Mycosporine-like amino acids and phylogenies in green algae: Prasiola and its relatives from the Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 41 (3):557-566
Publication:Friedl, T. et al. (2002) Phylogenetic relationships of green algae assigned to the genus Planophila (Chlorophyta): evidence from 18S rDNA sequence data and ultrastructure. Eur. J. Phycol. 37:373-384
Publication:Krienitz, L. et al. (1999) Ultrastructure, cell wall composition, and phylogenetic position of Pseudodictyosphaerium jurisii (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta) including a comparison with other picoplanktonic green algae. Phycologia 38 (2):100-107
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SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:MT423985  Choricystis parasitica strain SAG 251-1 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 28S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (3327 bp)
Sequence Accession:DQ219818  Choricystis parasitica strain SAG 251.1 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.  (1046 bp)
Sequence Accession:FN870434  Choricystis minor ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 26S rRNA gene (partial), strain SAG 251-1. (692 bp)
Sequence Accession:X89012  Choricystis minor 18S rRNA gene. (2653 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:good survival
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:no
Choricystis parasitica