| SAG Strain Number: | 4.84 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Mastigocladus |
| Species: | laminosus |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Cohn |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Iceland |
| Locality: | thermal spring of Reyhjanes/Isafjord at upper temperature level |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 63.920473 / -22.363129 (40000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1967 |
| Isolated by: | G. H. Schwabe (leg. M. Petursson) |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | MPI for Limnology (Plön) from Schwabe bequest |
| Deposition date: | 05.1983 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; requires more than 30°C, maybe able to produce phycoerythrocyanine (pers. comm. Prof. Scheer, München, Germany) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Rapp J. et al. (2021) In vivo Inhibition of the 3-Dehydroquinate Synthase by 7-Deoxysedoheptulose Depends on Promiscuous Uptake by Sugar Transporters in Cyanobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:1720 |
| Publication: | Antonaru L.A. et al. (2017) Role of PatS and cell type on the heterocyst spacing pattern in a filamentous branching cyanobacterium. FEMS Microbiol Lett 364 (15):fnx154 |
| Publication: | Nürnberg, D. J. et al. (2014) Branching and intercellular communication in the Section V cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus, a complex multicellular prokaryote. Mol Microbiol 91 (5):935-49 |
| Publication: | Kaštovský J. et al. (2008) Mastigocladus laminosus (Stigonematales, Cyanobacteria): phylogenetic relationship of strains from thermal springs to soil-inhabiting genera of the order and taxonomic implications for the genus. Phycologia 47 (3):307-320 |
| 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 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | GQ454445 Mastigocladus laminosus SAG 4.84 HoxH (hoxH) gene, partial cds. (1186 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF431943 Mastigocladus laminosus SAG 4.84 uptake hydrogenase small subunit (hupS) gene, partial cds. (222 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EU116035 Mastigocladus laminosus SAG 4.84 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1042 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KF729033 Mastigocladus laminosus SAG 4.84 hypothetical protein gene, partial cds. (2101 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | low survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO or 5% MetOH |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
