| SAG Strain Number: | 3.83 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Chlorella |
| Species: | heliozoae |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | Pröschold et Darienko |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Chlorella spec. |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | endosymbiont |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | Canada |
| Locality: | Newfoundland, bog pool in Terra Nova Natl. Park, endosymbiont of the Heliozoan Acanthocystis turfacea |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 48.549342 / -53.938294 (50000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Isolated by: | U.G. Schlösser |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | U.G. Schlösser (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1982 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESFl Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; secretes maltose; requires vitamine B12 and B1; unable to grow on nitrate as nitrogen source; requiring ammonium or organic nitrogen compounds; sensitive to Chlorovirus ATCV-1; resistant to the chloroviruses CVG and PBCV-1; strain assigned authentic strain of Chlorella heliozoae Pröschold et Darienko sp. nov. 2011. SAG 04/2014 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Quispe C.F. et al. (2016) Comparative genomics, transcriptomics, and physiology distinguish symbiotic from free-living Chlorella strains. Algal Res. 18:332-340 |
| Publication: | Heeg J.S. et al. (2015) ITS2 and 18S rDNA sequence-structure phylogeny of Chlorella and allies (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorellaceae). Plant Gene 4:20-28 |
| Publication: | Bock C., Krienitz L. et al. (2011) Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) using molecular signatures (barcodes), including description of seven new species. Fottea 11 (2):293–312 |
| Publication: | Pröschold T. et al. (2011) The systematics of Zoochlorella revisited employing an integrative approach. Environm. Microbiol. 13 (2):350–364 |
| Publication: | Luo, W. et al. (2010) Generic concept in Chlorella-related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Plant Biol. 12 (3):545-553 |
| Publication: | Fitzgerald LA1, Graves M.V. et al. (2007) Sequence and annotation of the 288-kb ATCV-1 virus that infects an endosymbiotic chlorella strain of the heliozoon Acanthocystis turfacea. Virology 362 (2):350-361 |
| Publication: | Kessler E. et al. (1990) Biochemical taxonomy of symbiotic Chlorella strains from Paramecium and Acanthocystis. Bot. Acta 103 (2):140-142 |
| Publication: | Matzke B. et al. (1990) Maltose excretion by the symbiotic Chlorella of the heliozoan Acanthocystis turfacea. Planta 181:593-598 |
| Publication: | Reisser, Werner (1984) The taxonomy of green algae endosymbiotic in ciliates and a sponge. 19:309-318 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | FM205850 Chlorella sp. SAG 3.83 18S rRNA gene (partial), ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene (partial), strain SAG 3.83. (3852 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
