SAG 4.99 Pleurocapsa minor
| SAG Strain Number: | 4.99 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Pleurocapsa |
| Species: | minor |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Hansgirg |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | subaerial |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | Namibia |
| Locality: | Namib desert, Henties Baai, hypolithic on a quartz pebble |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -22.118563 / 14.286146 (2000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | November 1988 |
| Isolated by: | B. Büdel |
| Strain number by isolator: | Bü 89.12 as Chroococcopsis sp. |
| Deposition by: | B. Büdel |
| Deposition date: | 05.1999 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | BG11 Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| 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: | Shalygin S. et al. (2019) Neotypification of Pleurocapsa fuliginosa and epitypification of P. minor (Pleurocapsales): resolving a polyphyletic cyanobacterial genus. Phytotaxa 392 (4):245-263 |
| Publication: | Donner, A. (2013) The case of Chroococcidiopsis: New phylogenetic and morphological insights into ecologically important Cyanobacteria. |
| Publication: | Fewer, D. et al. (2002) Chroococcidiopsis and heterocyst-differentiating cyanobacteria are each other's closest relatives. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23:82-90 |
| Publication: | Büdel, B. (1991) Rock inhabiting blue-green algae / cyanobacteria from hot arid regions. Algological Studies 64:385-398 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | PP667998 Pleurocapsa minor SAG 4.99 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and 23S rRNA gene, partial sequence. (2786 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ344564 16S rRNA gene (1475 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
