| SAG Strain Number: | 39.79 | 
		
		| TAXONOMY | 
		| Genus: | Chroococcidiopsis | 
		| Species: | cubana | 
		| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria | 
		| Authority: | Komárek et Hindák | 
		| Variety: |  | 
		| Formerly called: | C. thermalis | 
		| Authentic: | no | 
		| Division: | Cyanobacteria | 
		| Class: | Cyanophyceae | 
		| ORIGIN | 
		| General habitat: | soil | 
		| Climatic zone: | tropic | 
		| Continent: | America | 
		| Country: | Cuba | 
		| Locality: | Pinar del Rio, dry soil | 
		| Lat. / Long.  (Precision): | 22.423248 / -83.69113  (8000m)   View on Google Maps | 
| Year: | 1966 | 
		| Isolated by: | F. Hindák | 
		| Strain number by isolator: | 1966/27 | 
		| Deposition by: | F. Hindák | 
		| Deposition date: | before 1979 | 
		| CULTURE INFORMATION | 
		| Culture medium: | BG11 Ag | 
		| Axenic: | axenic | 
		| Strain relatives: | ATCC 29381; PCC 7433; DSM 107010 | 
| Agitation resistance: | not detected | 
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain | 
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| PUBLICATIONS | 
| Publication: | Jung P.J. et al. (2024) The underestimated fraction: diversity, challenges and novel insights into unicellular cyanobionts of lichens. ISME Comm. 4 (1):ycae069 | 
| Publication: | Antonaru L.A. et al. (2023) Common loss of far-red light photoacclimation in cyanobacteria from hot and cold deserts: a case study in the Chroococcidiopsidales. ISME Comm. 3 (1):113 | 
| 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: | Cumbers J. et al. (2014) Salt tolerance and polyphyly in the cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis (Pleurocapsales). J. Phycol. 50 (3):472–482 | 
| Publication: | O'Brien, H.E. et al. (2005) Assessing host specialization in symbiotic cyanobacteria associated with four closely related species of the lichen fungus Peltigera. Eur. J. Phycol.  40 (4):363-378 | 
| Publication: | Fewer, D. et al. (2002) Chroococcidiopsis and heterocyst-differentiating cyanobacteria are each other's closest relatives. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23:82-90 | 
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | 
| Sequencing Project: | ASM399189v1 | 
| Sequencing Project: | SAMN10102196 | 
| Sequence Accession: | JF810050  Chroococcidiopsis cubana SAG 39.79 glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (gltX) gene, partial cds.  (483 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | JF810035  Chroococcidiopsis cubana SAG 39.79 delta-9 acyl-lipid desaturase (desC1) gene, partial cds.  (467 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | JF810065  Chroococcidiopsis cubana SAG 39.79 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds.  (978 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | AJ344558  partial 16S rRNA gene (1422 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | JF810080  Chroococcidiopsis cubana SAG 39.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1222 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | GQ980024  Chroococcidiopsis cubana SAG 39.79 23S large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL) gene, partial sequence. (630 bp) | 
| Sequence Accession: | GCA_003991895   (0 bp) | 
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		| CRYO | 
		| Cryopreservation: | not detected | 
| TEACHING | 
		| Recommended for teaching: | no |