| 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) |
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| 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 |
