| SAG Strain Number: | 2580 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Watanabea |
| Species: | alpicola |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | Darienko et Pröschold |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Stichococcus bacillaris Nägeli |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | Unterengadin, soil |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 46.792657 / 10.288237 (50000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1942 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | BS 331 |
| Deposition by: | T. Darienko (SAG) < T. Friedl (SAG) < G. Gärtner (ASIB) < W. Vischer |
| Deposition date: | 14.02.2018 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 3NBBM+V Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial and fungal contamination |
| Strain relatives: | ASIB BS331 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | assigned as type strain of Watanabea alpicola Dareinko et Pröschold acc. to Darienko et al. 2019 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Darienko T. et al. (2019) Reevaluation and discovery of new species of the rare genus Watanabea and establishment of Massjukichlorella gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) using an integrative approach. J. Phycol. 55 (2):493-499 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MH499913 Watanabea sp. SAG 2580 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1 and 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and ITS 2, partial sequence. (2505 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM020054 Stichococcus bacillaris isolate BS331 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (2529 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
