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 |