| SAG Strain Number: | 74.90 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Starria |
| Species: | zimbabweensis |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Lang |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Common name: | Bluegreen Algae - Cyanobacteria |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | tropical |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| Locality: | Southern Rhodesia, near Zimbabwe, 280 km south of Salsbury, soil from depression in granitic rocks |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -20.271345 / 30.933349 (5000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1969 |
| Isolated by: | R. C. Starr 1969 (leg. M.A. Pocock, same location as Haematococcus samples) |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | UTEX (as UTEX 1754) |
| Deposition date: | 10.1990 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | MiEB12 |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 1754 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; acidophile (acc. to depositor), authentic strain of genus Starria and its only species Starria zimbabweensis N.J. Lang acc. to Lang 1977 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Strunecky, Otakar et al. (2017) A revision of the genus Geitlerinema and a description of the genus Anagnostidinema gen. nov. (Oscillatoriophycidae, Cyanobacteria). Fottea |
| Publication: | Bohunická M. et al. (2015) A combined morphological, ultrastructural, molecular, and biochemical study of the peculiar family Gomontiellaceae (Oscillatoriales) reveals a new cylindrospermopsin-producing clade of cyanobacteria. J. Phycol. 51 (6):1040-1054 |
| Publication: | Lang, N.J. (1977) Starria zimbabweensis (Cyanophyceae) gen. nov. et. sp. nov.: A filament triradiate in transverse section. J. Phycol. 13:288-296 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KM020013 Starria zimbabweensis SAG 74.90 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1462 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB115962 Starria zimbabweensis SAG 74.90 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence. (1446 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | standard 5% DMSO, low survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
