| SAG Strain Number: | 5.95 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Scenedesmus |
| Species: | rubescens |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | (Dangeard) Kessler et al. |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Halochlorella rubescens Dangeard; Chlorella fusca var. rubescens Kessler et al. 1968 |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | France |
| Locality: | near Bordeaux, from a culture of a brown alga |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Isolated by: | F. Dangeard |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E. Kessler (Erlangen < CCAP) as Chlorella fusca var. rubescens (Dangeard) Kessler, Czygan, Fott et Novakova |
| Deposition date: | 02.1995 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 232/1 (as Chlorella emersonii var. rubescens Fott & Novakova) |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; taxonomy needs revision, strain cluster with genus Acutodesmus in ITS2, rbcL and tufA phylogenies. Scutio et al. (2015) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Mai X.C. et al. (2023) "DNA signaturing” database construction for Tetradesmus species identification and phylogenetic relationships of Scenedesmus-like green microalgae (Scenedesmaceae, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 59:775-784 |
| Publication: | Sandmann M. et al. (2022) Inline monitoring of high cell density cultivation of Scenedesmus rubescens in a mesh ultra-thin layer photobioreactor by photon density wave spectroscopy. BMC Res. Notes 15 (54) |
| Publication: | Terlova E.F. et al. (2021) Terrestrial Green Algae Show Higher Tolerance to Dehydration than Do Their Aquatic Sister-Species. Microb. Ecol. :PMID: 33502573 |
| Publication: | Tsavatopoulou V.D. et al. (2021) Biofuel conversion of Chlorococcum sp. and Scenedesmus sp. biomass by one- and two-step transesterification. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 11:1301-1309 |
| Publication: | Tsavatopoulou V.D. et al. (2021) Conversion of Scenedesmus rubescens Lipid into Biodiesel by Biochar of Different Origin. Catalysts 11:1116 |
| Publication: | Tsavatopoulou V.D. et al. (2020) The effect of surface properties on the formation of Scenedesmus rubescens biofilm. Alg. Res. 52:102095 |
| Publication: | Campiche R. et al. (2018) Protective effects of an extract of the freshwater microalga Scenedesmus rubescens on UV-irradiated skin cells. Int. J. Cosmet. Sci. 40:187-192 |
| 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: | Görs M. et al. (2010) THE POTENTIAL OF ERGOSTEROL AS CHEMOTAXONOMIC MARKER TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ‘‘CHLORELLA’’ SPECIES (CHLOROPHYTA). J. Phycol. 46:1296–1300 |
| Publication: | Claudia Grewe (2009) Untersuchungen zur Astaxanthin-Biosynthese in den Grünalgen Scenedesmus sp. und Haematococcus pluvialis. |
| 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: | Huss V.A.R. et al. (1993) There is an ecological basis for host/symbiont specificity in Chlorella/Hydra symbioses. Endocyt. Cell Res. 10 (1-2):35-46 |
| Publication: | Kümmel, H. et al. (1980) Physiological and Biochemical Contributions to the Taxonomy of the Genus Chlorella. XIII. Serological Studies . Arch. Microbiol. 126 (1):15-19 |
| Publication: | Liersch R. (1976) Über das ätherische Öl von Grünalgen. I. Die Öle der Gattung Chlorella (On the essential oil of green algae. I. The oils of the genus Chlorella). Arch. Microbiol. 107:353-356 |
| Publication: | Pohl P. et al. (1971) Über den Einfluss von anorganischem Stickstoff-Gehalt in der Nährlösung auf die Fettsäure-Biosynthese in Grünalgen. Phytochemistry 10 (7):1505-1513 |
| Publication: | Kessler E. et al. (1968) Über Halochlorella rubescens Dangeard. Arch. Protistenk. 110:462-468 |
| Publication: | Dangeard, P. (1965) Sur quelques algues vertes marines nouvelles observe´es en culture. Botaniste 49:5-45 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | MK975491 ssu rRNA gene, partial sequence; ITS 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and ITS 2, complete sequence; and lsu rRNA gene, partial sequence (2198 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514422 Scenedesmus rubescens genomic DNA containing ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2, 28S rRNA gene, strain SAG 5.95. (659 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514373 Scenedesmus rubescens chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, strain SAG 5.95. (741 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514402 Scenedesmus rubescens partial tufA gene for elongation factor tu, strain SAG 5.95. (878 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 10% MetOH |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
