| SAG Strain Number: | 612-8a |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Cosmarium |
| Species: | subtumidum |
| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae |
| Authority: | Nordstedt |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Streptophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | former Czechoslovakia |
| Locality: | |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | before 1939 |
| Isolated by: | K. Ondracek |
| Strain number by isolator: | 25, Prague 245 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 612/8A; UTEX 305 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Gontcharov A.A. et al. (2011) A Study of Conflict between Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy in the Desmidiaceae (Streptophyta, Viridiplantae): Analyses of 291 rbcL Sequences. Protist 162 (2):253-267 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | FN432090 Cosmarium subtumidum chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, strain SAG612-8a. (1338 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | no survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
