| SAG Strain Number: | 45-2 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Lobomonas |
| Species: | francei |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Dangeard emend. Sausen, Malavasi et Melkonian |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | authentic strain of Lobomonas sphaerica Pringsheim |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Locality: | Cape Town, soil from De Klipp |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | 45-2 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1959 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | +V Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 45/3 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; requires acetate and vitamin B12; authentic strain of Lobomonas sphaerica Pringsheim assigned as non-authentic strain of L. francei Dangeard emend. Sausen, Malavasi et Melkonian. SAG 08/2022 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Sausen N. et al. (2018) Molecular phylogeny, systematics, and revision of the type species of Lobomonas, L. francei (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) and closely related taxa . J. Phycol. 54 (2):198-214 |
| Publication: | Nakada T. et al. (2016) 18S Ribosomal RNA Gene Phylogeny of a Colonial Volvocalean Lineage (Tetrabaenaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae, Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and Its Close Relatives. J. Jpn. Bot. 91:345-354 |
| Publication: | Pringsheim, E.G. (1963) Chlorophyllarme Algen II. Lobomonas spaerica n. spec. Kleine Mitteilungen über Flagellaten und Algen IX. Arch. Mikrobiol. 46:227-237 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | LT853993 Lobomonas francei genomic DNA sequence contains 18S rRNA gene, ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene, strain Lobomonas sphaerica. (2874 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | LC086370 Lobomonas sphaerica gene for 18S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: SAG 45-2. (1742 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
