SAG 855-1 Ophiocytium maius
| SAG Strain Number: | 855-1 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Ophiocytium |
| Species: | maius |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Nägeli |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, pool at Trumington |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.310246 / 0.291448 (300m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 855/1; UTEX 48; ATCC 30601 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Maistro, S. et al. (2009) Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Xanthophyceae (Stramenopiles, Chromalveolata). Protist 160 (3):412-426 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2008) Screening of microalgae for species excreting norharmane, a manifold biologically active indole alkaloid. Microbiological Research 163 (1):307-313 |
| Publication: | Maistro, S. et al. (2007) Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the order Tribonematales (Heterokonta, Xanthophyceae) based on analysis of plastidial genes rbcL and psaA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 43 (2):407-417 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2005) Screening of microalgal culture media for the presence of algicidal compounds and isolation and identification of two bioactive metabolites, excreted by the cyanobacteria Nostoc insulare and Nodularia harveyana. Journal of Applied Phycology 17 (4):339-347 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ874699 plastid partial rbcL gene (1410 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ875408 plastid partial psaA gene (1539 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AM490835 partial 18S rRNA gene (1764 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF455971 complete rbcL sequence with adjacent spacer region (2100 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
