SAG Strain Number: | 68.79 |
TAXONOMY |
Genus: | Nostoc |
Species: | punctiforme |
Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
Authority: | (Kützing) Hariot |
Variety: | |
Formerly called: | |
Authentic: | no |
Division: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Common name: | Blue-Green Algae |
ORIGIN |
General habitat: | endosymbiont |
Climatic zone: | temperate |
Continent: | Europe |
Country: | Germany |
Locality: | Bot. Gard. Univ. Göttingen, symbiont of Gunnera manicata |
Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 51.538201 / 9.938237 (200m) View on Google Maps |
Year: | 1972 |
Isolated by: | W. Koch |
Strain number by isolator: | as Nostoc spec. |
Deposition by: | W. Koch (SAG) |
Deposition date: | 1979 |
CULTURE INFORMATION |
Culture medium: | BG11 Ag |
Axenic: | axenity unclear, needs to be tested. ML 10/2022 |
Strain relatives: | |
Agitation resistance: | not detected |
Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
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PUBLICATIONS |
Publication: | O'Brien, H.E. et al. (2005) Assessing host specialization in symbiotic cyanobacteria associated with four closely related species of the lichen fungus Peltigera. Eur. J. Phycol. 40 (4):363-378 |
SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
Sequence Accession: | DQ185315 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 68.79 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; and chaperonin-like protein (rbcX) gene, complete cds. (792 bp) |
Sequence Accession: | DQ185256 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 68.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1424 bp) |
Sequence Accession: | DQ185199 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 68.79 trnL gene, intron. (265 bp) |
Sequence Accession: | KM019937 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 68.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1461 bp) |
CRYO |
Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO |
TEACHING |
Recommended for teaching: | no |