| SAG Strain Number: | 6.99 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Ostreobium |
| Species: | quekettii |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Ulvophyceae |
| Authority: | Bornet et Flahault |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | marine |
| Climatic zone: | tropic |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Locality: | Talisoy, Virac, Catanduanes Island, shaded limestone, epiphyte on the marine red alga Acrothamnion preisii |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 13.58701 / 124.200597 (10000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | May 1988 |
| Isolated by: | J.A. West |
| Strain number by isolator: | 2924 |
| Deposition by: | J.A. West |
| Deposition date: | 01.06.2000 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | SWES |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; genome annotation at PHYCOCOSM https://phycocosm.jgi.doe.gov/Ostque1/Ostque1.home.html |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Iha C. et al. (2021) Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium. Curr. Biol. 31 (7):1393-1402.e5 |
| Publication: | Krause S. et al. (2019) Endolithic Algae Affect Modern Coral Carbonate Morphology and Chemistry. Frontiers in Earth Science 7:304 |
| Publication: | Marcelino V.R. et al. (2016) Evolutionary Dynamics of Chloroplast Genomes in Low Light: A Case Study of the Endolithic Green Alga Ostreobium quekettii. Genome Biol Evol. 8 (9):2939–2951 |
| Publication: | Cocquyt, E. et al. (2010) Evolution and cytological diversification of the green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Mol Biol Evol 27 (9):2052-61 |
| Publication: | Cocquyt, E. et al. (2009) Gain and loss of elongation factor genes in green algae. BMC Evol. Biol. 9 (39) |
| Publication: | West, J. A. et al. (1990) New records of marine algae from the Phillipines. Micronesia 23:181-190 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA927338 Ostreobium quekettii genome assembly, organelle: plastid. |
| Sequence Accession: | NC_030629 Ostreobium quekettii genome assembly, organelle: plastid (81997 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FJ715720 Ostreobium quekettii strain 6.99 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1285 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FJ715692 Ostreobium quekettii strain 6.99 translation elongation factor-1 alpha mRNA, partial cds. (285 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
