AC768 Botryococcus braunii

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Chlorophyta
Class	Trebouxiophyceae
Order	Trebouxiales
Family	Botryococcaceae
Genus	Botryococcus
Species	braunii
Authority(ies)	Kützing

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Origin

Climatic Zone	Equatorial
Habitat	Lake
Continent	-
Country	Côte d'Ivoire
Region	-
Geolocation Latitude Longitude	- -

Identity

Holotype	No
Equivalent code	-
Deposited by	-
Deposit date	28 octobre 2008
Identified by	-

Morphology

Length (µm)	7 µm
Width (µm)	3 µm
Diameter	-
Wall	-
Comments	-

Culture

Isolated by	Metzger
Isolation date	1984
Isolation site	Yamoussoukro
Culture medium	L-C Download Pdf
Growth temperature	27 °C
Growth light	-
Toxicity	Unproven

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References

Senousy, H.H., Beakes, G.W., Hack, E. (2004). Phylogenetic placement of Botryococcus braunii. JPhycol. 40: 412-423),
(Metzger, P., Casadevall, E. (1987) Lycopadiene, a tetraterpenoid hydrocarbon from new strains of Botryococcus braunii. Tetrahedron Letters 28: 3931-3934),
(Metzger, P., Allard, B., Casadevall, E., Berkaloff, C., Couté, A. (1990). Structure and chemistry of a new chemical race of Botryococcus braunii. JPhycol 26: 258-266),
(Berthéas, O., Metzger, P., Largeau, C. (1999) A high molecular weight complex lipid, aliphatic polyaldehyde tetraterpenediol polyacetal from Botryococcus braunii (L race). Phytochemistry 50: 85-96