| SAG Strain Number: | 807-1 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Botryococcus |
| Species: | braunii |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | Kützing |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, Madingley Brick Pits |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.223633 / 0.040854 (600m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Isolated by: | M.R. Droop |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | MiEB12 Ag |
| Axenic: | no |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 807/1; UTEX 572 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; strain relative CCAP 807/1 belongs to chemical race A according to Senousy et al. (2004) J. Phycol. 40:412-423. |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Yu B. et al. (2025) Evaluation of the growth, lipid, and hydrocarbon accumulation abilities in five strains of Botryococcus braunii (races A, B, and L) (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Algal Res. 85:103809 |
| Publication: | Ennaceri H. et al. (2023) Progress of non-destructive hydrocarbon extraction technology of Botryococcus braunii. Algal Res. 73:103156 |
| Publication: | Kleinert C. et al. (2021) Identification of suitable Botryococcus braunii strains for non-destructive in situ hydrocarbon extraction. J Appl Phycol 33:785-798 |
| Publication: | Cheng P. et al. (2018) Comparative transcriptome analyses of oleaginous Botryococcus braunii race A reveal significant differences in gene expression upon cobalt enrichment. Biotechnol. Biofuels 11:333 |
| Publication: | Cheng P.F. et al. (2017) Comparison of growth, hydrocarbon accumulation and metabolites of Botryococcus braunii between attached cultivation and aqueous-suspension cultivation. Int. J. Agric. & Biol. Eng. 10 (1):134-141 |
| Publication: | Griehl C. et al. (2015) Design of a continuous milking bioreactor for non-destructive hydrocarbon extraction from Botryococcus braunii. J. Appl. Phycol. 27 (5):1833-1843 |
| Publication: | Parupudi, Pavani et al. (2015) CO2 fixation and lipid production by microalgal species. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 33 (2):587-593 |
| Publication: | Lemieux C. et al. (2014) Chloroplast phylogenomic analysis resolves deep-level relationships within the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae. BMC Evol. Biol. 14:211 |
| Publication: | Ranga Rao A. et al. (2014) Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-Mass and Bioactive Constituents from Green Microalga-Botryococcus braunii. In: Liu J. et al. [Eds.] Recent Advances in Microalgal Biotechnology |
| Publication: | Rivas M.O. et al. (2010) Interactions of Botryococcus braunii Cultures with Bacterial Biofilms. Microbiol. Ecol. 60 (3):628-635 |
| Publication: | Vazquez-Duhalt R. et al. (1991) Haloadaptation of the green alga Botryococcus braunii (race A). Phytochemistry 30 (9):2919–2925 |
| Publication: | Casadevall E. et al. (1985) Studies on batch and continuous cultures of Botryococcus braunii: Hydrocarbon production in relation to physiological state, cell ultrastructure, and phosphate nutrition. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 27 (3):286-295 |
| Publication: | Berkaloff C. et al. (1984) VARIABILITY OF CELL WALL STRUCTURE AND HYDROCARBON TYPE IN DIFFERENT STRAINS OF BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII. J. Phycol. 20 (3):377-389 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA267295 Botryococcus braunii culture-collection SAG:807-1 chloroplast, complete genome. |
| Sequence Accession: | KM462884 Botryococcus braunii culture-collection SAG:807-1 chloroplast, complete genome. (172826 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
