SAG Strain Number: | 20.81 |
TAXONOMY | |
Genus: | Desmodesmus |
Species: | lunatus |
Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
Authority: | (W. et G.S. West) Hegewald |
Variety: | |
Formerly called: | Scenedesmus lunatus (W. et G. West) Chodat |
Authentic: | no |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
ORIGIN | |
General habitat: | freshwater |
Climatic zone: | |
Continent: | America |
Country: | Peru |
Locality: | Dpto. Loreto, fish-pond near Lago Quistococha at Iquitos |
Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -3.824208 / -73.32225 (6000m) View on Google Maps |
Year: | 1973 |
Isolated by: | E. Hegewald |
Strain number by isolator: | Heg 1973-238 |
Deposition by: | E. Hegewald |
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: | Vanormelingen, P. et al. (2007) THE SYSTEMATICS OF A SMALL SPINELESS DESMODESMUS SPECIES, D. COSTATO-GRANULATUS (SPHAEROPLEALES, CHLOROPHYCEAE), BASED ON ITS2 rDNA SEQUENCE ANALYSES AND CELL WALL MORPHOLOGY. J. Phycol. 43:378-396 |
Publication: | Hegewald E. (2000) New combinations in the genus Desmodesmus (Chlorophyceae, Scenedesmaceae). Algol. Stud. 96: 1-18 |
SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
Sequence Accession: | AM228923 5.8S rRNA gene (partial), 28S rRNA gene (partial) and ITS2 (253 bp) |
CRYO | |
Cryopreservation: | good survival |
TEACHING | |
Recommended for teaching: | no |