| SAG Strain Number: | 202-2 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Ankistrodesmus |
| Species: | falcatus |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | (Corda) Ralfs |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | A. angustus Chodat et Oettli; A. falcatus var. spirilliformis G.S. West |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | pond near Neudorf/Basel |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1923 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 9 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (< W. Vischer) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 202/2; UTEX 189 as A. angustus |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Liu X. et al. (2025) Molecular phylogeny and character evolution of family Selenastraceae (Sphaeropelales, Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Algal Res. 90:104164 |
| Publication: | Lewington-Pearce L. et al. (2020) Diversity and temperature indirectly reduce CO2 concentrations in experimental freshwater communities. Oecologia 192:515-527 |
| Publication: | Garcia da T.S. et al. (2017) Selenastraceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae): rbcL, 18S rDNA and ITS-2 secondary structure enlightens traditional taxonomy, with description of two new genera, Messastrum gen. nov. and Curvastrum gen. nov. Fottea 17 (1):1-19 |
| Publication: | Krienitz, L. et al. (2001) TRADITIONAL GENERIC CONCEPTS VERSUS 18S rRNA GENE PHYLOGENY IN THE GREEN ALGAL FAMILY SELENASTRACEAE (CHLOROPHYCEAE, CHLOROPHYTA). J. Phycol. 37 (5):852-865 |
| Publication: | Kessler, E. (1980) Physiological and biochemical contributions to the taxonomy of the genera Ankistrodesmus and Scenedesmus. V. Starch Hydrolysis and New Assignment of Strains. Arch. Microbiol. 126 (1):11-14 |
| Publication: | Liersch R. (1976) Über das ätherische Öl von Grünalgen. III. Die Öle einiger Chlorella-Mutanten (On the essential oil of green algae. III. The oils of some Chlorella mutants). Arch. Microbiol. 109:321-322 |
| Publication: | Liersch R. (1976) Über das ätherische Öl von Grünalgen. II. Die Öle der Gattungen Ankistrodesmus und Scenedesmus. (On the essential oil of green algae. II. The oils of the genera Ankistrodesmus and Scenedesmus). Arch. Microbiol. 108 (3):313-315 |
| Publication: | Hellmann V. et al. (1974) Physiologische und biochemische Beiträge zur Taxonomie der Gattungen Ankistrodesmus und Scenedesmus. 100:239-242 |
| Publication: | Oettli, M. (1927) Recherches expérimentales sur cinq espèces elémentaires d'Ankistrodesmus. Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève 19:1-91 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | X91263 18S rRNA gene (1791 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
