SAG 90-1 Volvulina steinii

SAG Strain Number:	90-1
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Volvulina
Species:	steinii
Taxonomic position:	Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
Authority:	Playfair
Variety:
Formerly called:
Authentic:	no
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Common name:	Green Algae - Chlorophytes
ORIGIN
General habitat:	soil
Climatic zone:
Continent:	Africa
Country:	South Africa
Locality:	Cape Province, soil from De Klip
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:	before 1971
Isolated by:	E. G. Pringsheim
Strain number by isolator:
Deposition by:	E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:	before 1971
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	+V
Axenic:	bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Lindsey C.R. et al. (2021) Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae. BMC Biol. 19:182
Publication:	Pröschold T. et al. (2018) Chlamydomonas schloesseri sp. nov. (Chlamydophyceae, Chlorophyta) revealed by morphology, autolysin cross experiments, and multiple gene analyses. Phytotaxa 362 (1):21-38
Publication:	Matsuda Y. et al. (1987) Cell walls of algae in the volvocales: Their sensitivity to a cell wall lytic enzyme and labeling with an anti-cell wall glycopeptide of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 100 (4):373-384
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	MG650102  Volvulina steinii strain SAG 90-1 SSU rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS1 and 5.8S rRNA gene, complete sequence; and ITS2, partial sequence. (2391 bp)
Sequence Accession:	MG650095  Volvulina steinii SAG 90-1 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1128 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no