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Kurmayer R, Christiansen G, Fastner J & Börner T (2004) Abundance of active and inactive microcystin genotypes in populations of the toxic cyanobacterium Planktothrix spp. Environmental Microbiology 6: 831-841.
Kurmayer R, Christiansen G, Gumpenberger M & Fastner J (2005) Genetic identification of microcystin ecotypes in toxic cyanobacteria of the genus Planktothrix. Microbiology 151: 1525-1533.
Kosol S, Schmidt J & Kurmayer R (2009) Variation in peptide net production and growth among strains of the toxic cyanobacterium Planktothrix spp. European Journal of Phycology 44(1): 49-62.
Tooming-Klunderud A, Fewer DP, Rohrlack T, Jokela J, Rouhiainen L, Sivonen K, Kristensen T & Jakobsen KS (2008) Evidence for positive selection acting on microcystin synthetase adenylation domains in three cyanobacterial genera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 256.
Kurmayer R & Gumpenberger M (2006) Diversity of microcystin genotypes among populations of the filamentous cyanobacteria Planktothrix rubescens and Planktothrix agardhii. Molecular Ecology 15: 3849-3861.
Christiansen G, Molitor C, Philmus B & Kurmayer R (2008) Nontoxic strains of cyanobacteria are the result of major gene deletion events induced by a transposable element. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 1695-1704.
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Sequences [ 14 ]
EMBL/Genbank Links
(Bold text = submission by CCAP staff or collaborators)
Division/Phylum: Cyanophyta Class: Cyanophyceae Order: Oscillatoriales

Note: for strains where we have DNA barcodes we can be reasonably confident of identity, however for those not yet sequenced we rely on morphology and the original identification, usually made by the depositor. Although CCAP makes every effort to ensure the correct taxonomic identity of strains, we cannot guarantee that a strain is correctly identified at the species, genus or class levels. On this basis users are responsible for confirming the identity of the strain(s) they receive from us on arrival before starting experiments.
For strain taxonomy we generally use AlgaeBase for algae and Adl et al. (2019) for protists.

Culture media, purity and growth conditions:
Medium: BG11; Bacteria present; maintained by serial subculture and cryopreserved;
Attributes
Authority(de Candolle ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komarek 1988
IsolatorMeffert
Collection Site Lake Plön, Germany
Notes uniseriate filament (one cell wide); LC-MS analysis by RGU in 2021 for cylindrospermopsins, microcystins and anatoxins: detected microcystins DM-LR, [965]?
Axenicity Status Bacteria present
Area Europe
Country Germany
Environment Freshwater
GMO No
Group Cyanobacteria
Pathogen Not pathogenic: Hazard Class 1
Strain Maintenance Sheet SM_FreshwaterCyanobacteria.pdf
Toxin Producer Toxic
Type Culture No
Taxonomy WoRMS ID 572064
Other DesignationsFBIU X13
Formerly Listed in CCAP asOscillatoria rubescens de Candolle ex Gomont 1892

CCAP 1459/30

Planktothrix rubescens


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