| SAG Strain Number: | 850-1 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Neocystis |
| Species: | brevis |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | (Vischer) Kostikov et Hoffmann |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Nephrodiella brevis Vischer (Xanthophyceae); Coccomyxa brevis (Vischer) Gärtner et Schragl |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | Unterengadin, acidic humus soil at Il Fuorn, Ofenpass 1800-1950m |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 46.650379 / 10.267982 (5000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1941 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 267 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (< W. Vischer 1947) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 152 as Coccomyxa brevis; CCAP 850/1 and ATCC 30440 as Nephrodiella brevis |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; contains chlorophyll b |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Kostikov I. et al. (2002) What is Nephrodiella brevis Vischer?. Algological Studies 104:1-21 |
| Publication: | Gärtner, G. et al. (1988) Zur Taxonomie von Coccomyxa brevis nov. comb. (Chlorophyceae, Chlorococcales). Nova Hedwigia 46:511-517 |
| Publication: | Whittle et al. (1969) The chloroplast pigments of some green and yellowgreen algae. Br. Phycol. J. 4:55-64 |
| Publication: | Vischer, W. (1945) Heterokonten aus alpinen Böden, speziell dem schweizerischen Nationalpark. Erg. wiss. Untersuchgg. Schweiz. Nationalparkes N.F. 1:481-511 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KM020044 Neocystis brevis strain SAG 850-1 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (2477 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
