SAG Strain Number: | 276-4b |
TAXONOMY |
Genus: | Desmodesmus |
Species: | communis |
Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
Authority: | (Hegewald) Hegewald |
Variety: | |
Formerly called: | Scenedesmus quadricauda; Scenedesmus communis Hegewald |
Authentic: | no |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
ORIGIN |
General habitat: | freshwater |
Climatic zone: | temperate |
Continent: | Europe |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Locality: | Cambridge, garden basin |
Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.202347 / 0.128345 (9000m) View on Google Maps |
Year: | August 1940 |
Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
Strain number by isolator: | |
Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
Deposition date: | 1954 |
CULTURE INFORMATION |
Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
Axenic: | axenic |
Strain relatives: | CCAP 276/4B as Scenedesmus communis; UTEX 76; ATCC 30428 both as Scenedesmus quadricauda |
Agitation resistance: | yes |
Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; recommended for schools |
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PUBLICATIONS |
Publication: | Marasco, A. et al. (2016) Weathering of a Roman Mosaic-A Biological and Quantitative Study on In Vitro Colonization of Calcareous Tesserae by Phototrophic Microorganisms. PLOS One 11 (10):e0164487 |
Publication: | Steudel, Bastian et al. (2016) Contrasting biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in phylogenetic and functional diversity. New Phytologist 212 (2 ): 409-420 |
Publication: | Otto B. et al. (2015) Laccase-like enzyme activities from chlorophycean green algae with potential for bioconversion of phenolic pollutants. FEMS Microbiology Letters 362 (11):fnv072-fnv072 |
Publication: | Steudel B. et al. (2012) Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients. Ecology Letters 15 (12):1397–1405 |
Publication: | Lang, I. et al. (2011) Fatty acid profiles and their distribution patterns in microalgae: a comprehensive analysis of more than 2000 strains from the SAG culture collection. BMC Plant Biol 11:124 |
Publication: | Claudia Grewe (2009) Untersuchungen zur Astaxanthin-Biosynthese in den Grünalgen Scenedesmus sp. und Haematococcus pluvialis. |
Publication: | Hegewald E. (2000) New combinations in the genus Desmodesmus (Chlorophyceae, Scenedesmaceae). Algological Studies 96: 1-18 |
Publication: | Blokker, P. et al. (1998) ω-hydroxy fatty acids in some freshwater green microalgae. Phytochemistry 49 (3):691-695 |
Publication: | Blokker, P. et al. (1998) Chemical structure of algaenans from the fresh water algae Tetraedron minimum, Scenedesmus communis and Pediastrum boryanum. Org Geochem 29 (5-7):1453-1468 |
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: | Kowallik, W. et al. (1971) Zur Glykolatoxydation einzelliger Grünalgen. Planta 96 (3):224-237 |
Publication: | Hwang, S.-W. et al. (1965) SURVIVAL OF ALGAL CULTURES AFTER FREEZING BY CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED COOLING. Cryobiology 1 (5):305–311 |
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CRYO |
Cryopreservation: | good survival |
TEACHING |
Recommended for teaching: | yes |