| SAG Strain Number: | 99.79 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Virescentia |
| Species: | viride-americana |
| Taxonomic position: | Rhodophyta - Rhodophyceae |
| Authority: | Necchi, Agostinho et Vis |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | Batrachospermum sirodotia Skuja |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Rhodophyceae |
| Common name: | Red Algae - Rhodophytes |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | America |
| Country: | USA |
| Locality: | LA, Washington Parish, from stream just north of Bogalusa |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 30.843289 / -90.060654 (25000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1978 |
| Isolated by: | F.D. Ott (leg. L. H. Flint) |
| Strain number by isolator: | O 353 as Batrachospermum sirodotia Skuja |
| Deposition by: | F.D. Ott |
| Deposition date: | 1978 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | MiEB12 |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 1495; FACHB-339 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; strain reassigned from Batrachospermum sirodotia Skuja into Virescentia viride-americana Necchi, Agostinho et Vis acc. to SAG molecular analyses. 03/2021 |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Necchi, O., Jr. et al. (1990) A reappraisal of generic and subgeneric classification in the Batrachospermaceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 29 (4):478-488 |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
