| 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: | Lewington-Pearce L. et al. (2020) Diversity and temperature indirectly reduce CO2 concentrations in experimental freshwater communities. Oecologia 192:515-527 |
| 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 |
