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SAG 26.84 Gloeothece membranacea

SAG Strain Number:26.84
TAXONOMY
Genus:Gloeothece
Species:membranacea
Taxonomic position:Cyanobacteria
Authority:(Rabenhorst) Bornet 1892
Variety:
Formerly called:Gloeocapsa spec.
Authentic:yes
Division:Cyanobacteria
Class:Cyanophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:freshwater
Climatic zone:
Continent:America
Country:USA
Locality:CA, freshwater
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:1965
Isolated by:M.M. Allen
Strain number by isolator:6501
Deposition by:R. Rippka (PCC) as PCC 6501
Deposition date:10.1984
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:ES
Axenic:bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:CCAP 1430/2 as Gloeocapsa sp.; UTEX 1938 as Gloeocapsa sp.; PCC 6501 reference strain; herbarium holotype material CBFS A-105-1
Agitation resistance:not detected
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; N2-fixing; strain SAG 26.84 has been designated as reference strain of Gloeothece membranacea (Rabenhorst) Bornet by Mares et al. (2019)
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:Mares J. et al. (2019) Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J. Phycol. 55 (3):578-610
Publication:Allen, M. M. et al. (1968) Growth and division of some unicellular blue-green algae. J. Gen. Microbiol. 51 (2):199-202
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:MH678559  Gloeothece membranacea PCC 6501 nitrogenase molybdenum-iron protein alpha chain (nifD) gene, partial cds. (256 bp)
Sequence Accession:MH507588  Gloeothece membranacea PCC 6501 ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chaperonin family protein RbcX (rbcX) gene, complete cds; and ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit (rbcS) gene, partial cds. (829 bp)
Sequence Accession:MH507578  Gloeothece membranacea PCC 6501 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit gamma (rpoC1) gene, partial cds. (836 bp)
Sequence Accession:MF781056  Gloeothece membranacea PCC 6501 strain SAG 26.84 clone 5 16S ribosomal RNA gene and 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence. (1550 bp)
Sequence Accession:MF781055  Gloeothece membranacea PCC 6501 strain SAG 26.84 clone 6 16S ribosomal RNA gene and 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence. (1552 bp)
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CRYO
Cryopreservation:low survival
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:no