| SAG Strain Number: | 3338 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Heterococcus |
| Species: | ramosissimus |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Pitschmann |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Germany |
| Locality: | tufa-forming karst-water creek Deinschwanger Bach at western margin of the Franconian Alb, ca. 30 km ESE of Nürnberg, from cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms covering rocks at the main spring (site DB14) |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 49.3858 / 11.4718 (200m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 2009 |
| Isolated by: | K. Mohr |
| Strain number by isolator: | DB 14-5-1 Heterococcus ramosissimus |
| Deposition by: | N. Rybalka (< K. Mohr) |
| Deposition date: | 11.2013 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 3NBBM+V Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial and fungal contaminations |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Rybalka, N. et al. (2013) Congruence of chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded DNA sequence variations used to assess species boundaries in the soil microalga Heterococcus (Stramenopiles, Xanthophyceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:39 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681191 Heterococcus ramosissimus strain SAG DB14-5-1 isolate DB14-5-1 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (436 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681203 Heterococcus ramosissimus strain SAG DB14-5-1 PsbA (psbA) gene, partial cds; psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, complete sequence; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, complete cds; rbcL-rbcS intergenic spacer, complet (4150 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
