| SAG Strain Number: | 612-3 | 
		
		| TAXONOMY | 
		| Genus: | Cosmarium | 
		| Species: | margaritiferum | 
		| Taxonomic position: | Streptophyta - Zygnematophyceae | 
		| Authority: | Meneghini | 
		| Variety: |  | 
		| Formerly called: |  | 
		| Authentic: | no | 
		| Division: | Streptophyta | 
		| Class: | Zygnematophyceae | 
		| ORIGIN | 
		| General habitat: | freshwater | 
		| Climatic zone: |  | 
		| Continent: | Europe | 
		| Country: | former Czechoslovakia | 
		| Locality: |  | 
		| Lat. / Long.  (Precision): |  | 
| Year: | before 1939 | 
		| Isolated by: | K. Ondracek | 
		| Strain number by isolator: |  | 
		| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim | 
		| Deposition date: | 1954 | 
		| CULTURE INFORMATION | 
		| Culture medium: | ESP Ag | 
		| Axenic: | axenic | 
		| Strain relatives: | UTEX 300 | 
| Agitation resistance: | not detected | 
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain | 
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| PUBLICATIONS | 
| Publication: | Wenderoth, Klaus et al. (1979) Wavelength dependence of photomovement in desmids. Planta 145 (1):1-5 | 
		| CRYO | 
		| Cryopreservation: | no survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO | 
| TEACHING | 
		| Recommended for teaching: | no |