| SAG Strain Number: | 42.79 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Chroococcidiopsis |
| Species: | thermalis |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Geitler |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Germany |
| Locality: | from soil near Greifswald |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 54.073693 / 13.41259 (10000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1962 |
| Isolated by: | from Bot. Inst. Univ. Greifswald, Germany |
| Strain number by isolator: | A149 as Myxosarcina chroococcoides, received from CNRS as M91/1 |
| Deposition by: | CNRS CC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
| Deposition date: | 12.1979 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | Z |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | ATCC 27900; PCC 7203 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| 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: | Geiss U. et al. (2001) Detection of the isiA Gene across Cyanobacterial Strains: Potential for Probing Iron Deficiency. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67 (11):5247-5253 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | KM020000 Chroococcidiopsis thermalis SAG 42.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1464 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |