| SAG Strain Number: | 20.85 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Asterococcus |
| Species: | limneticus |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | G.M. Smith |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Lake Windermere |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 54.354556 / -2.941704 (12000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1967 |
| Isolated by: | J. W. G. Lund |
| Strain number by isolator: | FBA L113 |
| Deposition by: | |
| Deposition date: | between 1967 and 1985 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | +V Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 3/4 |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Stadthagen T. (2007) Entwicklung eines online Gewässermonitoringsystems mittels Biosensorchips zum Nachweis ausgewählter Xenobiotika. |
| Publication: | Nakazawa A. et al. (2004) Taxonomic study of Asterococcus (Chlorophyceae) based on comparative morphology and rbcL gene sequences. Phycologia 43 (6):211-221 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | AB175936 Asterococcus superbus chloroplast rbcL gene for large subunit of Rubisco, partial cds, strain:SAG 20.85. (1128 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
