| SAG Strain Number: | 977-2f |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Chilomonas |
| Species: | spec. |
| Taxonomic position: | Cryptophyta - Cryptophyceae |
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| Variety: | |
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| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cryptophyta |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Locality: | Ottery Road, Station Kei, soil |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -34.014606 / 18.505862 (2000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Isolated by: | E.G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | strain 8 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1959 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | ErbsS |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; colourless |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Tanifuji G. et al. (2020) Comparative Genomics of Cryptomonas Species Reveals Fine-Scale Genomic Responses to Loss of Photosynthesis. Genome Biol Evol. 12 (2):3926-3937 |
| Publication: | Hoef-Emden K. (2012) Pitfalls of Establishing DNA Barcoding Systems in Protists: The Cryptophyceae as a Test Case. PLoS ONE 7 (8):e43652 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJDB6442 Complete plastid genomes of non-photosynthetic cryptomonads |
| Sequence Accession: | LC484194 Cryptomonas sp. SAG 977-2f plastid DNA, complete genome (106661 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ715458 5.8S rRNA gene (partial), 28S rRNA gene (partial) and ITS2. (1413 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ715461 nucleomorph partial 18S rRNA gene (1791 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
