| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Publication: | Krienitz, L. et al. (1996) Picoplanktonic Choricystis-species (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta) and the misconception of 'Nannochloris-like algae. Phycologia 35:332-341 |
| Publication: | Turner, M. et al. (1984) Some aspects of the nutrition and taxonomy of fourteen small green and yellow-green algae. Botanica Marina 27:249-255 |
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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 |
