| 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: | axenity status under revision. SAG 05/2021 |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 849/2; NIVA 2/01 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; 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: | Koruyucu A. et al. (2024) Energy-Efficient Production of Microchloropsis salina Biomass with High CO2 Fixation Yield in Open Thin-Layer Cascade Photobioreactors. Processes 12 (7):1303 |
| Publication: | Kryvenda A. et al. (2023) Testing for terrestrial and freshwater microalgae productivity under elevated CO2 conditions and nutrient limitation. BMC Plant. Biol. 23:27 |
| Publication: | Schädler T. et al. (2021) Continuous Production of Lipids with Microchloropsis salina in Open Thin-Layer Cascade Photobioreactors on a Pilot Scale. Energies 14:500 |
| Publication: | Schädler T. et al. (2020) High-Density Microalgae Cultivation in Open Thin-Layer Cascade Photobioreactors with Water Recycling. Applied Sciences 10 (11):3883 |
| Publication: | Vinh T.Q. et al. (2020) Light reflection spectra as a tool for direct and real-time determination of biomass and pigments in the microalgae Microchloropsis salina. Lighting Res. Technol. 53 (2):171-184 |
| Publication: | Woortman D.V. et al. (2020) Microalgae a Superior Source of Folates: Quantification of Folates in Halophile Microalgae by Stable Isotope Dilution Assay. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 7:481 |
| Publication: | Pfaffinger C.E. et al. (2019) Light-dependent growth kinetics enable scale-up of well-mixed phototrophic bioprocesses in different types of photobioreactors. Journal of Biotechnology 297:41-48 |
| Publication: | Schädler T. et al. (2019) Production of lipids with Microchloropsis salina in open thin-layer cascade photobioreactors. Bioresource Technology 289 |
| Publication: | Kryvenda A. et al. (2018) Species distinctions among closely related strains of Eustigmatophyceae (Stramenopiles) emphasizing ITS2 sequence-structure data: Eustigmatos and Vischeria. Eur. J. Phycol. 53 (4):471-491 |
| Publication: | Pfaffinger C.E. et al. (2016) Model-based optimization of microalgae areal productivity in flat-plate gas-lift photobioreactors. Algal Res. 20:153-163 |
| 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: | Blache U. et al. (2011) The impact of cell-specific absorption properties on the correlation of electron transport rates measured by chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthetic oxygen production in planktonic algae. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 49 (8):801-808 |
| Publication: | Dittami S.M. et al. (2011) Mannitol in six autotrophic stramenopiles and Micromonas. Plant Signaling & Behavior 6 (8):1237-1239 |
| Publication: | Ryckebosch E. et al. (2011) Optimization of an Analytical Procedure for Extraction of Lipids from Microalgae. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 89 (2):189-198 |
| 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 |
| Sequencing Project: | SRX13042265 Tetraselmis striata; RNA-Seq of 31 species of green algae for phylogenetic analysis; Illumina HiSeq 1000 |
| Sequence Accession: | KY271702 Nannochloropsis salina strain SAG 40.85 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1113 bp) |
| 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 |
