| SAG Strain Number: | 42.98 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Micractinium |
| Species: | belenophorum |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | (Korshikov) Pröschold, C. Bock, Luo et Krienitz |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | non-authentic strain of Diacanthos belenophorus Korshikov (Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae) |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Germany |
| Locality: | Berlin, plankton in Lietzensee |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.506766 / 13.286891 (300m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Isolated by: | E. Hegewald |
| Strain number by isolator: | Heg 1998-24 |
| Deposition by: | E. Hegewald |
| Deposition date: | 11.1998 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; non-authentic strain of Diacanthos belenophorus Korshikov (Chlorophyceae) reassigned to authentic strain of Micractinium belenophorum (Korshikov) Pröschold, C. Bock, Luo et Krienitz (Trebouxiophyceae) acc. to Pröschold et al. 2010. SAG 03/2014 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Bock C., Krienitz L. et al. (2011) Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) using molecular signatures (barcodes), including description of seven new species. Fottea 11 (2):293–312 |
| Publication: | Görs M. et al. (2010) THE POTENTIAL OF ERGOSTEROL AS CHEMOTAXONOMIC MARKER TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ‘‘CHLORELLA’’ SPECIES (CHLOROPHYTA). J. Phycol. 46:1296–1300 |
| Publication: | Luo, W. et al. (2010) Generic concept in Chlorella-related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Plant Biol. 12 (3):545-553 |
| Publication: | Pröschold, T. et al. (2010) Polyphyletic distribution of bristle formation in Chlorellaceae: Micractinium, Diacanthos, Didymogenes and Hegewaldia gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phycol. Res. 58 (1):1-8 |
| Publication: | Krienitz,L. et al. (2004) Phylogenetic relationship of Chlorella and Parachlorella gen. nov. (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Phycologia 43 (5):529-542 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | AY323837 Micractinium belenophorum strain SAG 42.98 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1771 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY323467 Micractinium belenophorum strain SAG 42.98 internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence. (267 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM205879 Micractinium sp. TP-2008a 18S rRNA gene (partial), ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene (partial), strain SAG 42.98. (2477 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
