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SAG 84.81 Prasiolopsis spec.

SAG Strain Number:84.81
TAXONOMY
Genus:Prasiolopsis
Species:spec.
Taxonomic position:Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae
Authority:
Variety:
Formerly called:Trichophilus welckeri Weber van Bosse
Authentic:no
Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Trebouxiophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:
Climatic zone:tropic
Continent:America
Country:Brazil
Locality:Amazonia, from hairs of the sloth Bradypus tridactylus
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:1977
Isolated by:W. Koch (leg. J. Adis)
Strain number by isolator:as Trichophilus welckeri
Deposition by:W. Koch (SAG)
Deposition date:1977
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:K Ag
Axenic:axenic
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:not detected
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; assigned as Prasiolopsis spec. acc. to Suutari et al. 2010, strain missidentified as Trichophilus welckeri Weber van Bosse before. SAG 06/2010
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:Hotter, V. et al. (2018) Polyols and UV‐sunscreens in the Prasiola‐clade (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) as metabolites for stress response and chemotaxonomy. J. Phycol. 54 (2):264-274
Publication:Fučíková K. et al. (2015) Meiotic genes and sexual reproduction in the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 51 (3):419-430
Publication:Fucikova K. et al. (2014) New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2
Publication:Lemieux C. et al. (2014) Chloroplast phylogenomic analysis resolves deep-level relationships within the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae. BMC Evol. Biol. 14:211
Publication:Suutari M. et al. (2010) Molecular evidence for a diverse green algal community growing in the hair of sloths and a specific association with Trichophilus welckeri (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:86
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SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:AY762601  Trichophilus welckeri strain SAG 84.81 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.  (1748 bp)
Sequence Accession:EF203012  Trichophilus welckeri ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.  (1116 bp)
Sequence Accession:KM491863  Prasiolopsis sp. SAG 84.81 Ycf3 (ycf3) gene, complete cds; chloroplast. (504 bp)
Sequence Accession:KM491850  Prasiolopsis sp. SAG 84.81 ribosomal protein L16 (rpl16) gene, complete cds; chloroplast. (426 bp)
Sequence Accession:KM491844  Prasiolopsis sp. SAG 84.81 photosystem II protein T (psbT) gene, complete cds; chloroplast. (351 bp)
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CRYO
Cryopreservation:low survival; sucessfully cryopreserved at SAG in 2007 and 2020 (standard cool cell freezing 5% DMSO)
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:no