| SAG Strain Number: | 63-9 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Polytomella |
| Species: | magna |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Pringsheim |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Granchester at Cambridge |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.179248 / 0.093641 (800m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1947 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| 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. (2013) Palindromic Genes in the Linear Mitochondrial Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Green Alga Polytomella magna. Genome Biol. Evol. 5 (9):1661-1667 |
| Publication: | Pringsheim, E.G. (1955) The genus Polytomella. J. Protozool. 2 (4):137-145 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA232189 Polytomella magna mitochondrion, complete genome |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA227034 Polytomella magna strain SAG 63-9 Genome sequencing |
| Sequence Accession: | HQ584999 Polytomella sp. SAG 63-9 NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (nad6) gene, partial cds; mitochondrial. (403 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KP299175 Polytomella magna strain SAG 63-9 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1789 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | NC_023091 Polytomella magna mitochondrion, complete genome. (24370 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KC733827 Polytomella magna mitochondrion, complete genome. (24370 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
