| SAG Strain Number: | 835-2a |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Heterococcus |
| Species: | caespitosus |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Vischer |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Germany |
| Locality: | Schmieheim near Freiburg i. Br., loamy soil |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 48.275539 / 7.855897 (800m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1934 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 116 (clone 1) |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim ( < W. Vischer 1936) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 835/2A; UTEX 313 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Rybalka, N. et al. (2013) Congruence of chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded DNA sequence variations used to assess species boundaries in the soil microalga Heterococcus (Stramenopiles, Xanthophyceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:39 |
| Publication: | Yang E.C. et al. (2012) Supermatrix data highlight the phylogenetic relationships of photosynthetic stramenopiles. Protist 163 (2): 217-231 |
| Publication: | Maistro, S. et al. (2009) Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Xanthophyceae (Stramenopiles, Chromalveolata). Protist 160 (3):412-426 |
| Publication: | Simon, D. et al. (2003) Phylogeny and self-splicing ability of the plastid tRNA-Leu group I Intron. J. Mol. Evol. 57 (6):710-720 |
| Publication: | Vischer, W. (1936) Über Heterokonten und Heterokonten-ähnliche Grünalgen (Bumilleriopsis, Heterothrix, Heterococcus und Dictyococcus, Muriella). Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 45:372-410 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | AY344787 Heterococcus caespitosus strain SAG 835-2a tRNA-Leu (trnL) gene, intron Group I; chloroplast. (210 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681219 Heterococcus caespitosus strain SAG 835-2a PsbA (psbA) gene, partial cds; psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (997 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | JX681183 Heterococcus caespitosus strain SAG 835-2a 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (347 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM421002 chloroplast partial rbcL gene (1419 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM421013 chloroplast partial psaA gene (1344 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM490820 partial 18S rRNA gene (1704 bp) |
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| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | standard 2step with 5% DMSO; good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
