| SAG Strain Number: | 8-6 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Tetraselmis |
| Species: | chuii |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorodendrophyceae |
| Authority: | Butcher |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorodendrophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | marine |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Scotland, Millport, Clyde estuary, marine |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 55.751383 / -4.931953 (600m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1959 |
| Isolated by: | S.P. Chu |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | 1/2SWEg Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 8/6; UTEX 232 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; strain able to produce micropearls (strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions) via biomineralization (Martignier et al. 2018); recommended for mass culture; used in aquaculture |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Macdonald J.F. et al. (2025) Exploring Tetraselmis chui microbiomes—functional metagenomics for novel catalases and superoxide dismutases. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 109:6 |
| Publication: | Segovia-Campos I. et al. (2023) High calcium and strontium uptake by the green microalga Tetraselmis chui is related to micropearl formation and cell growth. Environm. Micriobiol. Rep. 15 (1):38-50 |
| Publication: | Martignier A. et al. (2020) Biomineralization Capacities of Chlorodendrophyceae: Correlation Between Chloroplast Morphology and the Distribution of Micropearls in the Cell. Protist 170 (2):209-232 |
| Publication: | Zoccali M. et al. (2019) First Apocarotenoids Profiling of Four Microalgae Strains. Antioxidants 8 (209) |
| Publication: | Martignier A. et al. (2018) Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus Tetraselmis (Chlorophyta) . Biogeosciences 15:6591-6605 |
| Publication: | del Campo E.M. et al. (2010) A single primer pair gives a specific ortholog amplicon in a wide range of Cyanobacteria and plastid-bearing organisms: applicability in inventory of reference material from collections and phylogenetic analysis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 57 (3):1323-1328 |
| Publication: | Lapaille et al. (2010) Atypical Subunit Composition of the Chlorophycean Mitochondrial F1FO-ATP Synthase and Role of Asa7 Protein in Stability and Oligomycin Resistance of the Enzyme. 27 (7):1630-1644 |
| Publication: | Gödel S. et al. (2000) Flagellar membrane proteins of Tetraselmis striata butcher (Chlorophyta). Protist 151 (2):147-159 |
| Publication: | Schulze D. et al. (1987) Immunolocalization of a Ca2+ -modulated contractile protein in the flagellar apparatus of green algae: the nucleus-basal body connector. Eur J Cell Biol 45:51-61 |
| Publication: | McFadden, G.I. et al. (1986) Use of Hepes buffer for microalgal culture media and fixation for electron microscopy. Phycologia 25 (4):551-557 |
| Publication: | Butcher, R.W. (1959) An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part I. Introduction and Chlorophyceae. Fishery Investigations 4:74p. |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MK482404 Tetraselmis chuii isolate SAG 8.6 rbcL gene, partial cds, chloroplast (372 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MK460475 Tetraselmis chuii isolate SAG 8.6 ssU rRNA, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsU rRNA gene, partial sequence. (630 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | GQ921943 Tetraselmis chuii 23S large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (623 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
