SAG 463-2 Leptosira terrestris
| SAG Strain Number: | 463-2 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Leptosira |
| Species: | terrestris |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | (Fritsch et John) Printz |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Pleurastrum terrestre Fritsch et John |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | soil, coll. R. P. John |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 463/2; UTEX 333 both as Pleurastrum terrestre |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Ferranti D.A. et al. (2024) Investigating the evolution of green algae with a large transcriptomic data set. J. Phycol. 60:1406-1419 |
| Publication: | Müller, J. et al. (2007) Assessing genetic stability of a range of terrestrial microalgae after cryopreservation using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Am. J. Bot. 94 (5):799-808 |
| Publication: | Nyati, S. et al. (2007) Fine structure and phylogeny of green algal photobionts in the microfilamentous genus Psoroglaena (Verrucariaceae, lichen-forming ascomycetes). Plant Biol (Stuttg) 9 (3):390-9 |
| Publication: | Friedl, T. (1996) Evolution of the polyphyletic genus Pleurastrum (Chlorophyta): inferences from nuclear-encoded ribosomal DNA sequences and motile cell ultrastructure. Phycologia 35 (5):456-469 |
| Publication: | Fritsch, F.E. et al. (1942) An ecological and taxonomic study of the algae of British soils. II. Consideration of the species observed. Ann. Bot. 6:371-395 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | AY344783 Pleurastrum terricola strain SAG 463-2b tRNA-Leu (trnL) gene, intron Group I; chloroplast. (491 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM260455 partial 26S rRNA gene (483 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM260448 chloroplast partial rbcL gene (1144 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival, standard 10% MetOH; low survival 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
