| SAG Strain Number: | 2.81 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Scenedesmus |
| Species: | falcatus |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Chodat |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Germany |
| Locality: | Schleswig-Holstein, Plön near Mölln |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Isolated by: | T. P. Chang |
| Strain number by isolator: | as S. acuminatus |
| Deposition by: | T. P. Chang |
| Deposition date: | 12.1980 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Claudia Grewe (2009) Untersuchungen zur Astaxanthin-Biosynthese in den Grünalgen Scenedesmus sp. und Haematococcus pluvialis. |
| Publication: | Verschoor A.M. et al. (2004) Inducible colony formation within the Scenedesmaceae: Adaptive responses to infochemicals from two different herbivore taxa. Journal of Phycology 40:808-814 |
| Publication: | Takeda, H. (1996) Cell wall sugars of some Scenedesmus species. Phytochemistry 42 (3):673-675 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MK975476 Scenedesmus falcatus strain SAG 2.81 ssu rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsu rRNA gene, partial sequence (1579 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | standard 2-step 5% MetOH, good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
