| SAG Strain Number: | 48.93 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Micractinium |
| Species: | pusillum |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | Fresenius |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | France |
| Locality: | isolated from intestine of Culex pipiens larvae after feeding them a water sample from sewagelagoon at Lattes, Montpellier |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 43.5568 / 3.911899 (2000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Isolated by: | L. Nicolas |
| Strain number by isolator: | PCC 8953; Lat 01 |
| Deposition by: | R. Rippka |
| Deposition date: | 10.1993 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | MiEB12 Ag |
| Axenic: | xenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| 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: | Luo W. et al. (2006) Genotype versus Phenotype Variability in Chlorella and Micractinium (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Protist 157 (3):315-333 |
| 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: | AF364102 Micractinium pusillum strain SAG 48.93 culture-collection SAG:48.93 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1773 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AY323474 Micractinium pusillum strain SAG 48.93 internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence. (250 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM205838 Micractinium sp. SAG 48.93 18S rRNA gene (partial), ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene (partial), strain SAG 48.93. (2462 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
