| SAG Strain Number: | 39.81 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Desmodesmus |
| Species: | maximus |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | (Hegewald) Hegewald |
| Variety: | peruviensis |
| Formerly called: | Scenedesmus maximus var. peruviensis Hegewald |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | Peru |
| Locality: | Dpto. Loreto, fish-pond near Lago Quistococha at Iquitos |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | -3.824208 / -73.32225 (6000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Isolated by: | E. Hegewald |
| Strain number by isolator: | Heg 1973-274 |
| Deposition by: | E. Hegewald |
| Deposition date: | 12.1980 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | MiEB12 Ag |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| 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: | Hegewald, E. et al. (1978) Investigations on the lakes of Peru and their phytoplankton. 3. Three new taxa of Scenedesmus from tropical Peru. Arch. Hydrobiol. / Algol. Stud. 20 51:308-317 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514417 Desmodesmus maximus genomic DNA containing ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2, strain SAG 39.81. (565 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514365 Desmodesmus maximus chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, strain SAG 39.81. (734 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514392 Desmodesmus maximus partial tufA gene for elongation factor tu, strain SAG 39.81. (874 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | low survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
