| SAG Strain Number: | 21.81 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Scenedesmus |
| Species: | producto-capitatus |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Schmula |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Locality: | pond in Montego-Bay |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 18.492572 / -77.923368 (4000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Isolated by: | E. Hegewald |
| Strain number by isolator: | Heg 1973-330 |
| 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; |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Sciuto K. et al. (2015) Chodatodesmus australis sp. nov. (Scenedesmaceae, Chlorophyta) from Antarctica, with the emended description of the genus Chodatodesmus, and circumscription of Flechtneria rotunda gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Phycology 51 (6):1172-1188 |
| 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: | Kessler, E. et al. (1997) Physiological, biochemical, and molecular characters for the taxonomy of the subgenera of Scenedesmus (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta). Bot. Acta 110 (3):244-250 |
| Publication: | Takeda, H. (1996) Cell wall sugars of some Scenedesmus species. Phytochemistry 42 (3):673-675 |
| Publication: | Hegewald, E. (1976) A contribution to the algal flora of Jamaica. Nova Hedwigia 28:45-69 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MK975479 Scenedesmus producto-capitatus strain SAG 21.81 ssu rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsu rRNA gene, partial sequence (1567 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514372 Scenedesmus producto-capitatus chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, strain SAG 21.81. (727 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514401 Scenedesmus producto-capitatus partial tufA gene for elongation factor tu, strain SAG 21.81. (852 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | X91266 18S ribosomal RNA gene (2232 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
