| SAG Strain Number: | 2650 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Klebsormidium |
| Species: | deserticola |
| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Klebsormidiophyceae |
| Authority: | Mikhailyuk 2018 |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Streptophyta |
| Class: | Klebsormidiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | Chile |
| Locality: | Atacama Desert, soil from sandy hill with evident algal crust (Microcoleus, Leptolyngbya, Nostoc, Klebsormidium, Ettlia, Stichococcus, Deasonia and other green algae), slope 19°, 986m a.s.l. |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -26.117889 / -70.631833 (50m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | May 2005 |
| Isolated by: | C. Vaccarino (reisolated by T. Darienko 2022), coll. Osario-Santos K., Baldarelli L., Johansen J., Warren S., Aguilera L., Godoy K. |
| Strain number by isolator: | ATA5.5-1-CV2 |
| Deposition by: | T. Darienko |
| Deposition date: | 03.2023 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 3NBBM+V Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial, fungal or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Bierenbroodspot M.J. et al. (2024) Phylogenomic insights into the first multicellular streptophyte. Curr. Biol. 34:670-681 |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | sucessfully cryopreserved: standard CRF, CPA: 5% DMSO, good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
