| SAG Strain Number: | 3.94 | 
		
		| TAXONOMY | 
		| Genus: | Cosmarium | 
		| Species: | sphagnicolum | 
		| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae | 
		| Authority: | W. et G.S. West | 
		| Variety: |  | 
		| Formerly called: |  | 
		| Authentic: | no | 
		| Division: | Streptophyta | 
		| Class: | Zygnematophyceae | 
		| ORIGIN | 
		| General habitat: | freshwater | 
		| Climatic zone: | temperate | 
		| Continent: | Europe | 
		| Country: | Germany | 
		| Locality: | Thüringen, plankton of Bebraer Teich at Sondershausen | 
		| Lat. / Long.  (Precision): | 51.374218 / 10.861952  (4000m)   View on Google Maps | 
| Year: | 1993 | 
		| Isolated by: | U. G. Schlösser (coll. C. and J. Schulz, Sondershausen) | 
		| Strain number by isolator: |  | 
		| Deposition by: | U. G. Schlösser (SAG) | 
		| Deposition date: | 1994 | 
		| CULTURE INFORMATION | 
		| Culture medium: | WC | 
		| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination | 
		| Strain relatives: |  | 
| Agitation resistance: | not detected | 
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain | 
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| PUBLICATIONS | 
| Publication: | Gontcharov A.A. et al. (2011) A Study of Conflict between Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy in the Desmidiaceae (Streptophyta, Viridiplantae): Analyses of 291 rbcL Sequences. Protist 162 (2):253-267 | 
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | 
| Sequence Accession: | FN432085  Cosmarium sphagnicolum chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, strain SAG3.94. (1338 bp) | 
		| CRYO | 
		| Cryopreservation: | not detected | 
| TEACHING | 
		| Recommended for teaching: | yes |