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 |
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 |
CRYO | |
Cryopreservation: | standard 2-step 5% MetOH, good survival |
TEACHING | |
Recommended for teaching: | no |