SAG 202-3 Ankistrodesmus falcatus

SAG Strain Number:	202-3
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Ankistrodesmus
Species:	falcatus
Taxonomic position:	Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
Authority:	(Corda) Ralfs
Variety:
Formerly called:	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:	Sweden
Locality:
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:	before 1952
Isolated by:	W. Rodhe
Strain number by isolator:	1631a
Deposition by:	E.G. Pringsheim
Deposition date:	1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	ESP Ag
Axenic:	axenic
Strain relatives:	CCAP 202/3A; UTEX 188 as A. angustus
Agitation resistance:	yes
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
PUBLICATIONS
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:	Hellmann V. et al. (1974) Physiologische und biochemische Beiträge zur Taxonomie der Gattungen Ankistrodesmus und Scenedesmus. 100:239-242
Publication:	Hwang, S.-W. et al. (1965) SURVIVAL OF ALGAL CULTURES AFTER FREEZING BY CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED COOLING. Cryobiology 1 (5):305–311
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	good survival
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no