SAG 37.94 Compsopogon hookeri

SAG Strain Number:	37.94
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Compsopogon
Species:	hookeri
Taxonomic position:	Rhodophyta - Rhodophyceae
Authority:	Okamura
Variety:
Formerly called:
Authentic:	no
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Rhodophyceae
Common name:	Red Algae - Rhodophytes
ORIGIN
General habitat:	freshwater
Climatic zone:	temperate
Continent:	Europe
Country:	Germany
Locality:	River Erft, warm waste water from a sugar refinery
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):	50.988341 / 6.576816  (100m)   View on Google Maps
Year:	August 1971
Isolated by:	F.D. Ott
Strain number by isolator:	(O 446) corrected by F.D. Ott into O 646 in 2003
Deposition by:	F.D. Ott
Deposition date:	04.1994
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	MiEB12+SWES (10:1)
Axenic:	bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; medium 7 + medium 5 = 4 : 1
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Dautermann O. et al. (2017) A functional zeaxanthin epoxidase from red algae shedding light on the evolution of light‐harvesting carotenoids and the xanthophyll cycle in photosynthetic eukaryotes. Plant J. 92 (5):879-891
Publication:	Hoef-Emden, K. et al. (2005) Actin phylogeny and intron distribution in bangiophyte red algae (rhodoplantae). A. J. Mol. Evol. 61 (3):360-371
Publication:	Friedrich, G. (1966) Compsopogon hookeri Montagne neu für Deutschland. Nova Hedwigia 12:399-403
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	OP737799  Compsopogon hookeri voucher SAG 37.94 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (130 bp)
Sequence Accession:	AJ880402  Compsopogon hookeri partial act gene for actin, strain SAG 37.94. (1041 bp)
Sequence Accession:	AJ880416  Compsopogon hookeri partial 18S rRNA gene, strain SAG 37.94. (1771 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	no survival
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no