SAG Strain Number: | 69.79 |
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: | Hessen, Biebergemuend/Spessart, symbiont of Geosiphon pyriforme, coll. D. Mollenhauer |
Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 50.145278 / 9.341944 (200m) View on Google Maps |
Year: | 1968 |
Isolated by: | W. Koch (coll. D. Mollenhauer 1967) |
Strain number by isolator: | as Nostoc spec. |
Deposition by: | W. Koch (SAG) |
Deposition date: | 1968 |
CULTURE INFORMATION |
Culture medium: | ES-KNO3 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: | Mathu Malar C. et al. (2021) The genome of Geosiphon pyriformis reveals ancestral traits linked to the emergence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Current Biology 31 (7):1570-1577.e4 |
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: | DQ185316 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 69.79 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; and chaperonin-like protein (rbcX) gene, complete cds. (869 bp) |
Sequence Accession: | DQ185257 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 69.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1371 bp) |
Sequence Accession: | DQ185200 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 69.79 trnL gene, intron. (275 bp) |
Sequence Accession: | AY170128 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 69.79 tRNA-Leu (trnL) gene, intron group I intron. (300 bp) |
CRYO |
Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO |
TEACHING |
Recommended for teaching: | no |