| SAG Strain Number: | 847-1 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Mischococcus |
| Species: | sphaerocephalus |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Vischer |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | epiphyte |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | Basel, Bot. Gard. Univ. Basel, epiphyte on Oedogonium |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 47.559315 / 7.58247 (500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1929 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 61 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim ( < W. Vischer 1936) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 847/1; UTEX 150; ATCC 30592 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Dautermann O. et al. (2020) An algal enzyme required for biosynthesis of the most abundant marine carotenoids. Science Advances 6 (10):eaaw9183 |
| Publication: | Maistro, S. et al. (2009) Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Xanthophyceae (Stramenopiles, Chromalveolata). Protist 160 (3):412-426 |
| Publication: | Lohr M. et al. (1999) Algae displaying the diadinoxanthin cycle also possess the violaxanthin cycle. PNAS 96 (15):8784-8789 |
| Publication: | Vischer, W. (1932) Experimentelle Untersuchungen (Gallertbildung) mit Mischococcus sphaerocephalus Vischer. Arch. Protistenk. 76:257-273 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | EF455972 Mischococcus sphaerocephalus strain SAG 847-1 psbA-rbcL intergenic spacer, partial sequence; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, complete cds; rbcL-rbcS intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and ribulose-1,5-bis (2317 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM422009 chloroplast partial psaA gene (1470 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM905308 Mischococcus sphaerocephalus mitochondrial partial nad7 gene for NADH dehydrogenase subunit 7, strain SAG 847-1. (1107 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
