SAG 62-18 Polytoma spec.

SAG Strain Number:	62-18
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Polytoma
Species:	spec.
Taxonomic position:	Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
Authority:
Variety:
Formerly called:	P. ellipticum nom. nud.
Authentic:	no
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Common name:	Green Algae - Chlorophytes
ORIGIN
General habitat:	soil
Climatic zone:	temperate
Continent:	Europe
Country:	Italy
Locality:	Dolomites, soil from Klausen-Brixen
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):	47.450264 / 12.334016  (2500m)   View on Google Maps
Year:	1957
Isolated by:	E. G. Pringsheim
Strain number by isolator:
Deposition by:	E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:	1957
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	Pol and ErbsMS
Axenic:	unclear
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Figueroa-Martinez F. et al. (2015) When the lights go out: the evolutionary fate of free-living colorless green algae. New Phytologist 206 (3):972-982
Publication:	Buchheim, M.A. et al. (2013) The blood alga: phylogeny of Haematococcus (Chlorophyceae) inferred from ribosomal RNA gene sequence data. Eur. J. Phycol. 48 (3):318-329
Publication:	Rumpf R. et al. (1996) EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF THE LOSS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN CHLAMYDOMONADACEAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF Rrn18 (18S rDNA) IN 13 POLYTOMA STRAINS (CHLOROPHYTA). J. Phycol. 32:119-126
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	U22933  Polytoma ellipticum strain SAG 62-18 18S ribosomal RNA (Rrn18) gene, complete sequence.  (1770 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no