| SAG Strain Number: | 860-3 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Pleurochloris |
| Species: | meiringensis |
| Taxonomic position: | Heterokontophyta - Xanthophyceae |
| Authority: | Vischer |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | Berner Oberland, Aareschlucht at Meiringen, green biofilm on splinter of Protogyn-rock, 620 m.a.s.l. |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 46.721329 / 8.1817284 (1000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1945 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 368 |
| Deposition by: | W. Vischer |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 860/3; UTEX 311 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Rybalka N. et al. (2020) Genotypic and phylogenetic diversity of new isolates of terrestrial Xanthophyceae (Stramenopiles) from maritime sandy habitats. Phycologia 59 (6):506-514 |
| Publication: | Fulnečková J. et al. (2013) A Broad Phylogenetic Survey Unveils the Diversity and Evolution of Telomeres in Eukaryotes. Genome Biology and Evolution 5 (3):468-483 |
| Publication: | Negrisolo, E. et al. (2004) Morphological convergence characterizes the evolution of Xanthophyceae (Heterokontophyta): evidence from nuclear SSU rDNA and plastidial rbcL genes. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 33 (1):156-170 |
| Publication: | Lohr M. et al. (1999) Algae displaying the diadinoxanthin cycle also possess the violaxanthin cycle. PNAS 96 (15):8784-8789 |
| 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: | EF455970 Pleurochloris meiringensis strain SAG 860-3 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-bisph (2269 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ579567 Pleurochloris meiringensis chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. (1422 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AF109728 18S rRNA gene, complete sequence (1788 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
