SAG 611-7 Closterium littorale

SAG Strain Number:	611-7
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Closterium
Species:	littorale
Taxonomic position:	Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae
Authority:	Gay
Variety:
Formerly called:
Authentic:	no
Division:	Streptophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:	freshwater
Climatic zone:
Continent:	America
Country:	USA
Locality:
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:	1956
Isolated by:	R. C. Starr
Strain number by isolator:	No. 2; SAG 611-7 decayed 1998, replaced by new culture from UTEX
Deposition by:	UTEX
Deposition date:	1998
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	MiEB12
Axenic:	bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:	CCAP 611/6; UTEX 736
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	monoecious
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Gontcharov A.A. et al. (2003) Molecular phylogeny of conjugating green algae (Zygnemophyceae, Streptophyta) inferred from SSU rDNA sequence comparisons. J. Mol. Evol. 56 (1):89-104
Publication:	Besendahl, A. et al. (2000) The cyanobacterial origin and vertical transmission of the plastid tRNA(Leu) group-I intron. Curr. Genet. 37 (1):12-23
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	AF115438  Closterium littorale culture-collection SAG:611-7 18S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence.  (2207 bp)
Sequence Accession:	AF182363  Closterium littorale culture-collection SAG:611-7 tRNA-Leu gene, intron; chloroplast.  (450 bp)
Sequence Accession:	AJ428086  partial 18S rRNA gene (1758 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	yes