| SAG Strain Number: | 256.80 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Spirulina |
| Species: | laxissima |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | G.S. West |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Locality: | Lake Nakuru, natron lake |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -0.346411 / 36.078701 (7000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Isolated by: | E. Hegewald |
| Strain number by isolator: | Heg 1976-75 |
| Deposition by: | E. Hegewald |
| Deposition date: | 12.1980 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | Spirul |
| 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: | Volk R.-B. (2008) A newly developed assay for the quantitative determination of antimicrobial (anticyanobacterial) activity of both hydrophilic and lipophilic test compounds without any restriction. Microbiological Research 163 (2):161-167 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2008) Screening of microalgae for species excreting norharmane, a manifold biologically active indole alkaloid. Microbiological Research 163 (1):307-313 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2005) Screening of microalgal culture media for the presence of algicidal compounds and isolation and identification of two bioactive metabolites, excreted by the cyanobacteria Nostoc insulare and Nodularia harveyana. Journal of Applied Phycology 17 (4):339-347 |
| Publication: | Nubel et al. (2000) The halotolerance and phylogeny of cyanobacteria with tightly coiled trichomes (Spirulina Turpin) and the description of Halospirulina tapeticula gen. nov., spec. nov. Syst. Evol. Microbiology 50:1265-1270 |
| Publication: | Scheldeman, P. et al. (1999) Arthrospira ('Spirulina') strains from four continents are resolved into only two clusters, based on amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of the internally transcribed spacer. FEMS Microbiology Letters 172 (2):213-222 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KJ708733 Leptolyngbya sp. SAG 256.80 phycocyanin beta chain (cpcB) gene, partial cds. (262 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KJ708699 Leptolyngbya sp. SAG 256.80 phycocyanin alpha chain (cpcA) gene, partial cds. (314 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KJ708669 Leptolyngbya sp. SAG 256.80 DNA gyrase subunit A (gyrA) gene, partial cds. (623 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KJ708622 Leptolyngbya sp. SAG 256.80 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (rpoC1) gene, partial cds. (689 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KJ708562 Leptolyngbya sp. SAG 256.80 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (919 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019976 Spirulina laxissima SAG 256.80 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1460 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | Y18798 Spirulina laxissima strain SAG B256.80, 16S rRNA gene. (629 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ393286 Spirulina laxissima strain SAG 256.80 CpcB (cpcB) and CpcA (cpcA) genes, partial cds. (392 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ393278 Spirulina laxissima strain SAG 256.80 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1452 bp) |
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| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
