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SAG 63-3 Polytomella parva

SAG Strain Number:63-3
TAXONOMY
Genus:Polytomella
Species:parva
Taxonomic position:Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
Authority:Pringsheim
Variety:
Formerly called:
Authentic:yes
Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Chlorophyceae
Common name:Green Algae - Chlorophytes
ORIGIN
General habitat:freshwater
Climatic zone:temperate
Continent:Europe
Country:United Kingdom
Locality:Cambridge, artificial garden basin in Shelford
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):52.142872 / 0.130683  (1500m)   View on Google Maps
Year:1949
Isolated by:E. G. Pringsheim
Strain number by isolator:strain 4
Deposition by:E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:ErbsMS
Axenic:bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:probably CCAP 63/1; UTEX 193; ATCC 12910
Agitation resistance:not detected
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:MacDonald, S. M. et al. (2015) Validation of Polytomella piriformis nomen nudum (Chlamydomonadaceae): a Distinct Lineage Within a Genus of Nonphotosynthetic Green Algae. J Eukaryot Microbiol 62 (6):840-4
Publication:Smith D.R. et al. (2014) A plastid without a genome: evidence from the nonphotosynthetic green alga Polytomella. Plant Physiology :113.233718
Publication:Smith, D. R. et al. (2014) A plastid without a genome: evidence from the nonphotosynthetic green algal genus Polytomella. Plant Physiol 164 (4):1812-9
Publication:Smith D.R. et al. (2013) Palindromic Genes in the Linear Mitochondrial Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Green Alga Polytomella magna. Genome Biol. Evol. 5 (9):1661-1667
Publication:Smith D.R. et al. (2011) Nucleotide diversity of the colorless green alga Polytomella parva (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta): high for the mitochondrial telomeres, surprisingly low everywhere else. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 58 (5):471-473
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SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequencing Project:PRJNA222669  Genome sequencing of the non-photosynthetic alga Polytomella parva SAG 63-3
Sequence Accession:HQ585012  Polytomella parva strain SAG 63-3 NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (nad2) gene, partial cds; large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL8), large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL2), and small subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnS3) genes, complete sequence; and NADH dehydrogenas (1303 bp)
Sequence Accession:HQ585007  Polytomella parva strain SAG 63-3 NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (nad5) gene, partial cds; large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL1), small subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnS4), large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL5), large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL4), small subunit (3826 bp)
Sequence Accession:HQ585002  Polytomella parva strain SAG 63-3 cytochrome b (cob) gene, partial cds; small subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnS1) and large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL7) genes, complete sequence; cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene, complete cds; and NADH dehydrogena (3246 bp)
Sequence Accession:HQ584996  Polytomella parva strain SAG 63-3 mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit III (cox3) gene, partial cds; nuclear gene for mitochondrial product.  (1775 bp)
Sequence Accession:HQ584991  Polytomella parva strain SAG 63-3 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.  (1032 bp)
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CRYO
Cryopreservation:not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:no