| SAG Strain Number: | 5.93 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Chlamydomonas |
| Species: | pygmaea |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Reisigl |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | polar |
| Continent: | Arctica |
| Country: | Alaska |
| Locality: | Prudhoe Bay, from melt water sample |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 70.259452 / -148.3461 (50000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | June 1989 |
| Isolated by: | R.A. Lewin |
| Strain number by isolator: | 369-118 |
| Deposition by: | UTEX |
| Deposition date: | 01.1993 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | K Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 2539 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; produces mucilage |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Pröschold, T. et al. (2005) Portrait of a species: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genetics 170:1601-1610 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ749619 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS1 and ITS2 (621 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
