SAG 2.81 Scenedesmus falcatus

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