| SAG Strain Number: | 251-2 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Choricystis |
| Species: | limnetica |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | Pröschold et Darienko sp. nov. 2020 |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Choricystis sp.; Nannochloris schopferi Pringsheim nom. nud.; Nannochloris spec. |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | static water tank in Schliern/Bern |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 46.91064 / 7.414885 (1000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Isolated by: | H. Clémencon |
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| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
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| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; renamed from non-authentic strain Choricystis sp. into authentic strain of Choricystis limnetica Pröschold et Darienko sp. nov. acc. to 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: | Steudel B. et al. (2016) Contrasting biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in phylogenetic and functional diversity. New Phytologist 212 (2 ): 409-420 |
| Publication: | Mudimu O. et al. (2014) Biotechnological screening of microalgal and cyanobacterial strains for biogas production and antibacterial and antifungal effects. Metabolites 4 (2):373-393 |
| Publication: | Bogen C. et al. (2013) Identification of Monoraphidium contortum as a promising species for liquid biofuel production. Bioresource Technology 133:622-626 |
| Publication: | Steudel B. et al. (2012) Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients. Ecology Letters 15 (12):1397–1405 |
| Publication: | Lapaille et al. (2010) Atypical Subunit Composition of the Chlorophycean Mitochondrial F1FO-ATP Synthase and Role of Asa7 Protein in Stability and Oligomycin Resistance of the Enzyme. 27 (7):1630-1644 |
| Publication: | Yamamoto,M. et al. (2003) Relationship between presence of a mother cell wall and speciation in the unicellular microalga Nannochloris (Chlorophyta) . J. Phycol. 39 (1):172-184 |
| Publication: | Yamamoto M. et al. (2001) Evolutionary relationships among multiple modes of cell division in the genus Nannochloris (Chlorophyta) revealed by genome size, actin gene multiplicity and phylogeny. J. Phycol. 37 (1):106-120 |
| Publication: | Clémencon, H. (1965) Untersuchungen zur Folsäureausscheidung durch Nannochloris schopferi Pringsheim und Chlorocloster engadinensis Vischer. Arch. Mikrobiol. 51:213-232 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MT423986 Choricystis limnetica strain SAG 251-2 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. (2935 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | X81965 18S rRNA gene (2214 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB080306 gene for 18S rRNA, partial sequence (1792 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB046453 gene for actin, partial cds (714 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
