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Sequences [ 1 ]
EMBL/Genbank Links
(Bold text = submission by CCAP staff or collaborators)
Division/Phylum: Chlorophyta Class: Chlorophyceae Order: Sphaeropleales

Note: for strains where we have DNA barcodes we can be reasonably confident of identity, however for those not yet sequenced we rely on morphology and the original identification, usually made by the depositor. Although CCAP makes every effort to ensure the correct taxonomic identity of strains, we cannot guarantee that a strain is correctly identified at the species, genus or class levels. On this basis users are responsible for confirming the identity of the strain(s) they receive from us on arrival before starting experiments.
For strain taxonomy we generally use AlgaeBase for algae and Adl et al. (2019) for protists.

Culture media, purity and growth conditions:
Medium: EG:JM; Axenic; maintained by serial subculture and cryopreserved; liquid
Attributes
Authority(Korshikov) Nygaard, Komárek, Kristiansen & Skulberg 1987
IsolatorSkulberg (1959)
Collection Site River Nitelva, Akershus, Norway
Notes Images 1-5 by Tatyana Darienko. April 2017: renamed after Krienitz et al. 2011 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01010.x), see also AlgaeBase (http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=cb2ab3ab941b845fc).
Axenicity Status Axenic
Area Europe
Country Norway
Environment Freshwater
GMO No
Latitude 59 58 N
Longitude 11 2 E
In Scope of Nagoya Protocol No
ABS Note Collected pre Nagoya Protocol. No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.
Collection Date c 1959
Original Designation NIVA CHL 1
Pathogen Not pathogenic: Hazard Class 1
Special Uses recommended in ecotoxicity testing guidelines OECD 201 and 87/302/EEC
Strain Maintenance Sheet SM_FreshwaterEcotox.pdf
Toxin Producer Not Toxic / No Data
Type Culture No
Taxonomy WoRMS ID 610914
Equivalent Strains(?)SAG 61-81 as Ankistrodesmus bibraianus,ATCC 22662,UTCC 37,UTEX 1648
Synonyms Ankistrodesmus subcapitatus Korshikov 1953 , Kirchneria subcapitata (Korshikov) Hindák 1988 , Kirchneriella subcapitata Korshikov 1953 , Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (Korshikov) Hindák 1990
Formerly Listed in CCAP asSelenastrum capricornutum Printz 1914

CCAP 278/4

Raphidocelis subcapitata


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