| SAG Strain Number: | 2627 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Thorsmoerkia |
| Species: | curvula |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | Remias et Procházková |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | terrestrial |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Iceland |
| Locality: | Porsmörk, wet terrace wall made of gravel, dripping water from above, alt. 157 m |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 63.702400 / -19.669900 (20m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | July 2017 |
| Isolated by: | D. Remias (by plated colony picking) |
| Strain number by isolator: | WP156BS |
| Deposition by: | D. Remias |
| Deposition date: | 26.02.2021 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 3NBBM+V Ag |
| Axenic: | |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | authentic strain of Thorsmoerkia Remias et Procházková gen. nov. and T. curvula Remias et Procházková spec. nov. (Nicoletti et al. 2021); ABS regulation in place; distribution only after agreement of islandic authorities (SAG 05/2021) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Barcyte D. et al. (2024) Freshwater ‘microcroissants’ shed light on a novel higher-level clade within Trebouxiophyceae and reveal the genus Chlorolobion as a trebouxiophyte. bioRxiv |
| Publication: | Nicoletti C. et al. (2021) Thorsmoerkia curvula gen. et spec. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a semi‑terrestrial microalga from Iceland exhibits high levels of unsaturated fatty acids. J. Appl. Phycol. 33:3671-3682 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MW866482 Thorsmoerkia curvula culture SAG:2627 ssu rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsu rRNA gene, partial sequence. (3350 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MW854800 Thorsmoerkia curvula culture SAG:2627 rbcL gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (959 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | cryopreserved at SAG 05/2021 (5% DMSO) |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
