| SAG Strain Number: | 247-1a |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Actinochloris |
| Species: | sphaerica |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Korshikov |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Radiosphaera dissecta |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, soil from Bot. Gard. Univ. Cambridge |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.193377 / 0.127133 (500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Isolated by: | R. C. Starr |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (< R. C. Starr, Cambridge) |
| Deposition date: | before 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 247/1; UTEX 121 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Starr, R.C. (1955) A comparative study of Chroococcum Meneghini and other spherical, zoospore-producing genera of Chlorococcales. Indiana University Publications, Science Series 20:111p. |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
