| SAG Strain Number: | 63-5 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Polytomella |
| Species: | capuana |
| 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: | Italy |
| Locality: | bloom in earth pool with rotting pool (pH 6.0 - 6.5) between Naples and Capua |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 40.977306 / 14.261627 (20000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | September 1954 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | strain 6 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ErbsMS |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | MacDonald, S. M. et al. (2016) A survey of Polytomella (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) strains in public culture collections. J Phycol 52 (4):656-663 |
| 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. (2010) Evolution of linear mitochondrial DNA in three known lineages of Polytomella. Curr Genet 56 (5):427-38 |
| Publication: | Smith,D.R., Lee,R.W. (2008) Mitochondrial genome of the colorless green alga Polytomella capuana: a linear molecule with an unprecedented GC content. Mol Biol Evol. 25 (3):487-496 |
| Publication: | Mallet, M.A. et al. (2006) Identification of three distinct Polytomella lineages based on mitochondrial DNA features. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 53 (2):79-84 |
| Publication: | Pringsheim, E.G. (1955) The genus Polytomella. J. Protozool. 2 (4):137-145 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA28871 Polytomella capuana mitochondrion, complete genome |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ221113 Polytomella capuana strain E.G. Pringsheim 63-5 (SAG) cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) gene, partial cds; mitochondrial. (768 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF645804 Polytomella capuana strain SAG 63-5 mitochondrion, complete genome. (12998 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KP299174 Polytomella capuana strain SAG 63-5 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1821 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | NC_010357 mitochondrion, complete genome (12998 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
