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NIVA-CYA 203

Phormidium sp.

ORIGIN

Country origin

Norway

Locality origin

Coraholmen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Locality type

Recent moraine.

Habitat

Terrestrial

Date of collecting

1984-07-28

Collector

Låg J.

Isolator

Skulberg R.

CULTURE

Medium

Z8

Growth temperature

15°C

DETAILS

Obtained from

NIVA Culture Collection of Algae

Date of isolation

1984

Date deposited to NORCCA

25-Mar-2008

Collecting event remarks

Lokalitet 8, nylig avsatt moréne.

Remarks

Material collected by J. Låg, UMB. Locality 8. Orig. des. "S 8/84 Phorm." - Does not produce any of the toxins microcystin, anatoxin, cylindrospermopsin or saxitoxin (ELISA tested). - Trichome width 4-4.5 µm, short. Calyptra, strong narrowing towards ends. - Similar to P. caucasicu (Elenkin et Kosinskaja) Anagn. 2001.

References

Rudi, Knut, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen. 1999. “Complex Evolutionary Patterns Of Trna Uaa Leu Group I Introns In Cyanobacterial Radiation”. Journal Of Bacteriology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.181.11.3445-3451.1999.

Rudi, Knut, Olav M. Skulberg, Randi Skulberg, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen. 2000. “Application Of Sequence-Specific Labeled 16S Rrna Gene Oligonucleotide Probes For Genetic Profiling Of Cyanobacterial Abundance And Diversity By Array Hybridization”. Applied And Environmental Microbiology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.66.9.4004-4011.2000.

Rudi, Knut, Olav M. Skulberg, Frank Larsen, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen. 1997. “Strain Characterization And Classification Of Oxyphotobacteria In Clone Cultures On The Basis Of 16S Rrna Sequences From The Variable Regions V6, V7, And V8”. Applied And Environmental Microbiology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.63.7.2593-2599.1997.

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