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SAG 62.90 Elliptochloris antarctica

SAG Strain Number:62.90
TAXONOMY
Genus:Elliptochloris
Species:antarctica
Taxonomic position:Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae
Authority:(Tschermak-Woess et Friedmann) Darienko et Pröschold 2016
Variety:
Formerly called:authentic strain of Hemichloris antarctica Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae Tschermak-Woess et Friedmann; authentic strain of Hemichloris antarctica Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae Tschermak-Woess et Friedmann
Authentic:yes
Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Trebouxiophyceae
Common name:Green Algae - Chlorophytes
ORIGIN
General habitat:cryptoendolithic
Climatic zone:polar
Continent:Antarctica
Country:Antarctica
Locality:Victoria Land, Linnaeus Terrace, Ross desert, cryptoendolithic
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):-77.599973 / 161.083338  (500m)   View on Google Maps
Year:between 1978 and 1982
Isolated by:R. Ocampo-Friedmann
Strain number by isolator:191/A801-149
Deposition by:E.I. Friedmann
Deposition date:1988
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:ESP Ag and TOM Ag
Axenic:axenic
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:not detected
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; psychrophilic (below 20°C) acc. to Tschermak-Woess et al. 1984; authentic strain of Hemichloris antarctica Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae Tschermak-Woess et Friedmann reassigned as type strain of Elliptochloris antarctica (Tschermak-Woess et Friedmann) Darienko et Pröschold 2016 comb. nov. SAG 09/2024; transferred from Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae into - Trebouxiophyceae acc. to Letsch & Lewis (2012). (05/2014)
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:Darienko T. et al. (2016) Species concept and nomenclatural changes within the genera Elliptochloris and Pseudochlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) based on an integrative approach. J. Phycol. 52 (6):1125-1145
Publication:Darienko T. et al. (2015) Evaluating the Species Boundaries of Green Microalgae (Coccomyxa, Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) Using Integrative Taxonomy and DNA Barcoding with Further Implications for the Species Identification in Environmental Samples. PLOS One 10 (6):e0127838
Publication:Letsch M.R. et al. (2012) Chloroplast gene arrangement variation within a closely related group of green algae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64 (3):524-532
Publication:Tschermak-Woess E. et al. (1984) Hemichloris antarctica, gen. et spec. nov. (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta), a cryptoendolithic alga from Antarctica. Phycologia 23:443-454
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:KM020164  Hemichloris antarctica strain SAG 62.90 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.  (1782 bp)
Sequence Accession:HQ317312  Hemichloris antarctica small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.  (1758 bp)
Sequence Accession:HQ317294  Hemichloris antarctica ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.  (1267 bp)
Sequence Accession:HG972970  Hemichloris antarctica genomic DNA containing 18S rRNA gene, ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene, strain SAG 62.90. (2399 bp)
Sequence Accession:JF920117  Hemichloris antarctica strain SAG 62.90 ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase gene, partial cds; and clp protease proteolytic subunit and cysA sulfate ABC transporter subunit genes, complete cds; chloroplast. (2539 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:low survival
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:no