| SAG Strain Number: | 11-31 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Chlamydomonas |
| Species: | reinhardtii |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Dangeard |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | |
| Country: | |
| Locality: | UK? Sample from Lever Broth. Ltd. |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | before 1951 |
| Isolated by: | E.G. Pringsheim (leg. Lever Broth. Ltd.) |
| Strain number by isolator: | Lever |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; dioecious |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Frank F. et al. (2020) Stoichiometric constraints on phytoplankton resource use efficiency in monocultures and mixtures. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65:1734-1746 |
| Publication: | Stockenreiter M. et al. (2012) The effect of species diversity on lipid production by micro-algal communities. J. Appl. Phycol. 24:45-54 |
| Publication: | Lang I. et al. (2011) Fatty acid profiles and their distribution patterns in microalgae: a comprehensive analysis of more than 2000 strains from the SAG culture collection. BMC Plant Biol 11:124 |
| Publication: | Pröschold, T. et al. (2005) Portrait of a species: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genetics 170:1601-1610 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ749628 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS1 and ITS2 (598 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
