| SAG Strain Number: | 46.88 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Enallax |
| Species: | costatus |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Schmidle |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Scenedesmus costatus Schmidle |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Locality: | Lake Smoljan II, plankton |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 41.566423 / 24.821879 (1000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | July 1984 |
| Isolated by: | Angelieva (leg. D. Vodenicarov) |
| Strain number by isolator: | 604 |
| Deposition by: | D. Vodenicarov |
| Deposition date: | 05.1988 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Toyoshima H. et al. (2021) Distribution of the Water-Soluble Astaxanthin Binding Carotenoprotein (AstaP) in Scenedesmaceae. Marine Drugs 19 (6):349 |
| Publication: | Kawasaki S. et al. (2019) Coelastrella astaxanthina sp. nov. (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), a novel microalga isolated from an asphalt surface in midsummer in Japan. Phycol. Res. 68 (2):107-114 |
| Publication: | Bogen C. et al. (2013) Identification of Monoraphidium contortum as a promising species for liquid biofuel production. Bioresource Technology 133:622-626 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | LC594628 Enallax costatus ScosAstaP mRNA for astaxanthin binding fasciclin family protein, complete cds. (693 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | MK975489 Enallax costatus strain SAG 46.88 ssu rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsu rRNA gene, partial sequence (1334 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB762692 Scenedesmus costatus genes for ITS1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS2, strain: SAG46.88. (680 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AB773883 Scenedesmus costatus gene for 18S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: SAG 46.88. (1775 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
