| SAG Strain Number: | 88.79 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Cyanobacterium |
| Species: | stanieri |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Rippka et Cohen-Bazire 2022 |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Synechococcus cedrorum Sauvageau |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | Chad |
| Locality: | natron lake |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 14.306969 / 18.581542 (800000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1963 |
| Isolated by: | M. Lefèvre |
| Strain number by isolator: | received from CNRS as M137/1a |
| Deposition by: | CNRS CC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
| Deposition date: | 12.1979 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | Spirul |
| Axenic: | fungal contamination |
| Strain relatives: | PCC 7202 (genome available Genome CP003940); ATCC 29140 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; reassigned from non-authentic strain of Synechococcus cedrorum Sauvageau into authentic strain of Cyanobacterium stanieri Rippka et Cohen-Bazire 2022 acc. to Oren et al. 2022. SAG 08/2026 |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Oren A. et al. (2022) Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 72 (10) |
| Publication: | Moro I. et al. (2007) Cyanobacterium aponinum, a new Cyanoprokaryote from the microbial mat of Euganean thermal springs (Padua, Italy). Algol. Stud. 123:1-15 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | AM258981 Cyanobacterium stanieri PCC 7202 16S rRNA gene (partial), ITS1, tRNA-Ile gene, tRNA-Ala gene and 23S rRNA gene (partial), strain SAG 88.79. (1770 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |