| SAG Strain Number: | 2640 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Penium |
| Species: | margaritaceum |
| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae |
| Authority: | (Ehrenberg) de Brébisson ex Ralfs |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Streptophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | NY, Porter Corners, Squashville Beaver Wetland, former beaver habitat filled with open water interspersed with sedges/grasses |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 43.125639 / -73.877556 (5m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | June 2007 |
| Isolated by: | D.S. Domozych |
| Strain number by isolator: | Skd-8, clonal culture |
| Deposition by: | D.S. Domozych |
| Deposition date: | 07.2021 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | WC |
| Axenic: | bacterial and fungal contaminations |
| Strain relatives: | Skd-8 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | LoRicco J.G. et al. (2024) The multifunctional roles of the extracellular matrix in the sessile life of the zygnematophyte Penium margaritaceum: stick, glide and cluster. Physiol. Plantarum 176 (5):e14520 |
| Publication: | Carrillo-Carrasco V.P. et al. (2023) Electroporation-based delivery of proteins in Penium margaritaceum and other zygnematophycean algae. Physiol. Plantarum 175 (6):e14121 |
| Publication: | Jiao C. et al. (2020) The Genome of the Charophyte Alga Penium margaritaceum Bears Footprints of Terrestrialization and Preludes the Evolutionary Origins of Land Plants. Cell 181 (5):1-15 |
| Publication: | Domozych D.S. et al. (2014) Pectin Metabolism and Assembly in the Cell Wall of the Charophyte Green Alga Penium margaritaceum. Plant Physiology 165 (1):105-118 |
| Publication: | Ochs J. et al. (2014) The cortical cytoskeletal network and cell-wall dynamics in the unicellular charophycean green alga Penium margaritaceum. Annals Bot. 114 (6):1237-1249 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA534309 Penium margaritaceum isolate:SKD-8 Genome sequencing |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |