| 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; MALDI-TOF MS pattern see Mocsai et al. 2025. |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Mócsai R.T. et al. (2025) Members of the microalgae family Scenedesmaceae feature individual N-glycan patterns, a shared Man5GlcNAc2 isomer and core alpha1,6-fucosylation. Algal Res. :104432 |
| 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 B. 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: | 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). Algol. Stud. 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: | Hegewald E. (1989) The Scenedesmus strains of the Culture Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (UTEX). Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. (Algol. Stud. 55) 82 (2):153-189 |
| 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: | 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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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MK975483 Desmodesmus communis strain SAG 276-4b ssu rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsu rRNA gene, partial sequence (1509 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
