| 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 | |
| Sequencing Project: | SAMN17884635 BioSample: SAMN17884635; Sample name: Volvulina steinii S 90-1; SRA: SRS8264730 |
| 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 |
