TABLE 1.
Chroococcidiopsis sp. strains
| Strain no.a | Strain history |
|---|---|
| 029 (CCMEE N6904) | Chroococcidiopsis sp. strain; cryptoendolithic, found in airspaces of porous rocks, forming in a zone a few millimeters wide under the rock crust in Nubian sandstone, Negev Desert, Makhtesh Ramon, Israel |
| 057 (CCMEE S 6e) | Chroococcidiopsis sp. strain; chasmoendolithic, found in microscopic fissures of weathering rocks, near the surface in granite, Sinai Desert, Egypt |
| 123 (CCMEE CH-7) | Chroococcidiopsis sp. strain; chasmoendolithic, found in granite boulder, coastal desert, Guanaqueros Peninsula, Coquimbo, Chile |
| 171 (CCMEE A789-2) | Chroococcidiopsis sp. strain; cryptoendolithic; found in Beacon sandstone, Ross Desert (McMurdo Dry Valleys) University Valley, Antarctica |
| 584 (CCMEE Gobi 91-19) | Chroococcidiopsis sp. strain; hypolithic; found under pebbles of a desert pavement, forming biofilms at the stone-soil interface under stones of desert pavement, Gobi Desert near the Tian Shan mountain range of Mongolia |
| ATCC 27900 | C. thermalis (see reference 31), from soil in East Germany (PCC 7203) |
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For the five strains obtained from the CCMEE, the CCMEE reference number is given in parentheses.