| SAG Strain Number: | 33.85 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Asterochloris |
| Species: | irregularis |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | (Hildreth et Ahmadjian) Skaloud et Peksa |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Trebouxia irregularis (Chodat) Hildreth et Ahmadjian; T. glomerata |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | phycobiont |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | MA, Princeton, on rocks of Mt. Wachusett, phycobiont of lichen Stereocaulon evolutoides |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 42.489821 / -71.885977 (3000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1957 |
| Isolated by: | V. Ahmadjian |
| Strain number by isolator: | 1 |
| Deposition by: | G. Gärtner (ASIB) |
| Deposition date: | 01.04.1985 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 894 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Del Campo, E.M. et al. (2013) Evolutionary implications of intron-exon distribution and the properties and sequences of the RPL10A gene in eukaryotes. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 66 (3):857-867 |
| Publication: | del Campo E.M. et al. (2010) A single primer pair gives a specific ortholog amplicon in a wide range of Cyanobacteria and plastid-bearing organisms: applicability in inventory of reference material from collections and phylogenetic analysis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 57 (3):1323-1328 |
| Publication: | del Campo E.M. et al. (2009) Presence of multiple group I introns closely related to bacteria and fungi in plastid 23S rRNAs of lichen-forming Trebouxia. Int. Microbiol. 12:59-67 |
| Publication: | Hildreth K.C. et al. (1981) A study of Trebouxia and Pseudotrebouxia isolates from different lichens. Lichenologist 13:65-86 |
| Publication: | Ahmadjian, V. (1960) Some new and interesting species of Trebouxia, a genus of lichenized algae. Am. J. Bot. 47:677-683 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | JX179050 Asterochloris irregularis strain SAG 33.85 60S ribosomal protein L10a (RPL10A) gene, partial cds. (1378 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JF502541 Asterochloris irregularis strain SAG 33.85 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (773 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FJ626732 Trebouxia irregularis strain SAG 33.85 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 28S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (596 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EU725861 Trebouxia irregularis strain SAG 33.85 23S large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2416 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
