| SAG Strain Number: | 35.79 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Dulcicalothrix |
| Species: | desertica |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | (Schwabe) Saraf et al. comb. nov. 2019 |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | authentic strain of Calothrix desertica Schwabe |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Common name: | Bluegreen Algae - Cyanobacteria |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | Chile |
| Locality: | La Pertada, Antofagasta Desert, soil, fine desert sand |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -23.680608 / -70.415082 (3000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1958 |
| Isolated by: | G.H. Schwabe |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | G.H. Schwabe |
| Deposition date: | 1979 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | ATCC 27901; PCC 7102; DSM 106972 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; renamed auth. strain of Dulcicalothrix desertica (Schwabe) Saraf et al. comb. nov. 2019. SAG 07/2024 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Saraf A. et al. (2019) Phylogenetic complexities of the members of Rivulariaceae with the re-creation of the family Calotrichaceae and description of Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans gen nov., sp nov., and reclassification of Calothrix desertica. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 366 (17):fnz219 |
| Publication: | Will, S. et al. (2018) Day and Night: Metabolic Profiles and Evolutionary Relationships of Six Axenic Non-Marine Cyanobacteria. Genome Biology and Evolution 11 (1):270-294 |
| Publication: | Roeselers G. et al. (2008) Diversity and expression of cyanobacterial hupS genes in pure cultures and in a nitrogen-limited phototrophic biofilm. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 63 (3):292-300 |
| Publication: | Roeselers, G. (2007) Microbial ecology of phototrophic biofilms. :119 |
| Publication: | Rippka R. et al. (1979) Generic assignments, strain histories and properties of pure cultures of cyanobacteria. J. Gen. Microbiol. 111 (1):1-61 |
| Publication: | Schwabe, G.H. (1960) Zur autotrophen Vegetation in ariden Böden. Blaualgen und Lebensraum IV. Österr. Bot. Z. 107:281-309 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA492407 Calothrix desertica PCC 7102, whole genome shotgun sequencing project |
| Sequence Accession: | AY222376 Calothrix desertica PCC 7102 strain SAG 35.79 HetR (hetR) gene, partial cds. (448 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019960 Calothrix desertica PCC 7102 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1458 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | GQ980023 Calothrix desertica PCC 7102 23S large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL) gene, partial sequence. (564 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
