| SAG Strain Number: | 40.85 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Microchloropsis |
| Species: | salina |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Eustigmatophyceae |
| Authority: | (Hibberd) Fawley, Jameson et Fawley 2015 |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Nannochloropsis salina Hibberd 1981 |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Eustigmatophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | marine |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Scotland, Isle of Cumbrae, Skate Pt., supralitoral rock pool |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 55.768028 / -4.919744 (3500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | June 1965 |
| Isolated by: | M. R. Droop |
| Strain number by isolator: | SMBA 201 |
| Deposition by: | M. Turner (SMBA Oban) |
| Deposition date: | 09.1985 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | SWES |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 849/2; NIVA 2/01 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | recommended for mass culture; recommended for food experiments; renamed from Nannochloropsis salina Hibberd 1981into Microchloropsis salina (Hibberd) Fawley, Jameson et Fawley 2015. SAG 06/2017 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Safafar, H. et al. (2016) High-EPA Biomass from Nannochloropsis salina Cultivated in a Flat-Panel Photo-Bioreactor on a Process Water-Enriched Growth Medium. Mar Drugs 14 (8) |
| Publication: | Safafar, H. et al. (2015) Carotenoids, Phenolic Compounds and Tocopherols Contribute to the Antioxidative Properties of Some Microalgae Species Grown on Industrial Wastewater. Mar Drugs 13 (12):7339-56 |
| Publication: | Mudimu O. et al. (2014) Biotechnological screening of microalgal and cyanobacterial strains for biogas production and antibacterial and antifungal effects. Metabolites 4 (2):373-393 |
| Publication: | Lang, I. et al. (2011) Fatty acid profiles and their distribution patterns in microalgae: a comprehensive analysis of more than 2000 strains from the SAG culture collection. BMC Plant Biol 11:124 |
| Publication: | Vandamme, Dries et al. (2009) Flocculation of microalgae using cationic starch. Journal of Applied Phycology 22 (4):525-530 |
| Publication: | Simon, D. et al. (2003) Phylogeny and self-splicing ability of the plastid tRNA-Leu group I Intron. J. Mol. Evol. 57 (6):710-720 |
| Publication: | Van der Auwera, G. et al. (1997) Complete large subunit ribosomal RNA sequences from the heterokont algae Ochromonas danica, Nannochloropsis salina, and Tribonema aequale, and phylogenetic analysis. J. Mol. Evol. 45 (1):84-90 |
| Publication: | Turner, M. et al. (1984) Some aspects of the nutrition and taxonomy of fourteen small green and yellow-green algae. Botanica Marina 27:249-255 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | Y07975 28S rRNA gene and ITS2 DNA (3398 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | Y07974 5.8S rRNA gene and ITS1 and ITS2 DNA (273 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
