| SAG Strain Number: | 612-5 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Cosmarium |
| Species: | botrytis |
| 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: | 2, Prague 228 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 612/5; UTEX 302 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Lewington-Pearce L. et al. (2020) Diversity and temperature indirectly reduce CO2 concentrations in experimental freshwater communities. Oecologia 192:515-527 |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO regrowth on Ag |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
