| SAG Strain Number: | 71.79 |
| 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: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | France |
| Locality: | Lascaux, soil |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 45.339357 / 1.369143 (2300m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Isolated by: | M. Lefèvre |
| Strain number by isolator: | received from CNRS as M94b |
| Deposition by: | CNRS CC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
| Deposition date: | between 1964 and 1979 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | BG11 Ag |
| Axenic: | axenity unclear, needs to be tested. ML 01/2023 |
| Strain relatives: | PCC 7812 as Nostoc sp. |
| 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: | DQ185317 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 71.79 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; and chaperonin-like protein (rbcX) gene, complete cds. (794 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ185258 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 71.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1426 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | DQ185201 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 71.79 trnL gene, intron. (269 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019939 Nostoc punctiforme SAG 71.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1463 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO or 5% MetOH |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
