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SAG 202-2 Ankistrodesmus falcatus

SAG Strain Number:202-2
TAXONOMY
Genus:Ankistrodesmus
Species:falcatus
Taxonomic position:Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
Authority:(Corda) Ralfs
Variety:
Formerly called:A. angustus Chodat et Oettli; A. falcatus var. spirilliformis G.S. West
Authentic:no
Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Chlorophyceae
Common name:Green Algae - Chlorophytes
ORIGIN
General habitat:freshwater
Climatic zone:
Continent:Europe
Country:Switzerland
Locality:pond near Neudorf/Basel
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:1923
Isolated by:W. Vischer
Strain number by isolator:9
Deposition by:E.G. Pringsheim (< W. Vischer)
Deposition date:1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:ESP Ag
Axenic:axenic
Strain relatives:CCAP 202/2; UTEX 189 as A. angustus
Agitation resistance:yes
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain;
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:Lewington-Pearce L. et al. (2020) Diversity and temperature indirectly reduce CO2 concentrations in experimental freshwater communities. Oecologia 192:515-527
Publication:Garcia da T.S. et al. (2016) Selenastraceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae): rbcL, 18S rDNA and ITS-2 secondary structure enlightens traditional taxonomy, with description of two new genera, Messastrum gen. nov. and Curvastrum gen. nov. Fottea 17 (1):1-19
Publication:Krienitz, L. et al. (2001) TRADITIONAL GENERIC CONCEPTS VERSUS 18S rRNA GENE PHYLOGENY IN THE GREEN ALGAL FAMILY SELENASTRACEAE (CHLOROPHYCEAE, CHLOROPHYTA). J. Phycol. 37 (5):852-865
Publication:Kessler, E. (1980) Physiological and biochemical contributions to the taxonomy of the genera Ankistrodesmus and Scenedesmus. V. Starch Hydrolysis and New Assignment of Strains. Arch. Microbiol. 126 (1):11-14
Publication:Liersch R. (1976) Über das ätherische Öl von Grünalgen. III. Die Öle einiger Chlorella-Mutanten (On the essential oil of green algae. III. The oils of some Chlorella mutants). Arch. Microbiol. 109:321-322
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SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:X91263  18S rRNA gene (1791 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:good survival
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:no