SAG 34-2 Balticola droebakensis

SAG Strain Number:	34-2
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Balticola
Species:	droebakensis
Taxonomic position:	Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
Authority:	(Wollenweber) Droop
Variety:
Formerly called:	Haematococcus droebakensis Wollenweber
Authentic:	no
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Common name:	Green Algae - Chlorophytes
ORIGIN
General habitat:	freshwater
Climatic zone:
Continent:	Europe
Country:	United Kingdom
Locality:	hole in a monolith of Stonehenge
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):	51.178862 / -1.826194  (20m)   View on Google Maps
Year:	1950
Isolated by:	E. A. George
Strain number by isolator:
Deposition by:	E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:	1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	3NBBM+V
Axenic:	axenic
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	yes
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; renamed from non-authentic Haematococcus droebakensis Wollenweber into non-authentic Balticola droebakensis (Wollenweber) Droop acc. to Buchheim et al. (2013)
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Munakata, H. et al. (2016) Phylogenetic Position and Molecular Chronology of a Colonial Green Flagellate, Stephanosphaera pluvialis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), among Unicellular Algae. J Eukaryot Microbiol 63 (3):340-8
Publication:	Pröschold, T. (1997) Gametogenese bei einzelligen Grünalgen.
Publication:	Pringsheim, E.G. (1966) Nutritional requirements of Haematococcus pluvialis and related species. J. Phycol. 2 (1):1-7
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	KR607485  Balticola droebakensis strain SAG 34-2 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1715 bp)
Sequence Accession:	LC066315  Balticola sp. TN-2015-1 gene for 18S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: SAG 34-2.  (1743 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no