| SAG Strain Number: | 52.80 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Scenedesmus |
| Species: | ovalternus |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae |
| Authority: | Chodat |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Common name: | Green Algae - Chlorophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | France? |
| Locality: | probably France |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Isolated by: | M. Lefèvre |
| Strain number by isolator: | C 763/6a |
| Deposition by: | CNRS CC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
| Deposition date: | 12.1979 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scenedesmus obtusus Meyen. |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Hodač L. et al. (2025) Exploiting algal strains for robust cross-domain phytoplankton classification via deep learning. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods |
| Publication: | Cho H.S. et al. (2024) Taxonomic reinvestigation of the genus Tetradesmus (Scenedesmaceae; Sphaeropleales) based on morphological characteristics and chloroplast genomes. Front Plant Sci. 15:1303175 |
| 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: | Toyoshima H. et al. (2021) Distribution of the Water-Soluble Astaxanthin Binding Carotenoprotein (AstaP) in Scenedesmaceae. Marine Drugs 19 (6):349 |
| Publication: | Koller A.P. et al. (2018) Studies on the scale-up of biomass production with Scenedesmus spp. in flat-plate gas-lift photobioreactors. Bioprocess Biosyst. Eng. 41 (2):213–220 |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514421 Scenedesmus obtusus genomic DNA containing ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene, ITS2, strain SAG 52.80. (597 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514371 Scenedesmus obtusus chloroplast partial rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, strain SAG 52.80. (705 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | HG514400 Scenedesmus obtusus partial tufA gene for elongation factor tu, strain SAG 52.80. (838 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | X81966 S.ovalternus 18S rRNA gene. (1794 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
