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Taxonomy

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

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Origin

Climate zone: Equatorial
Habitat: Lake
Country: Côte d'Ivoire

Identity

Distributed: ✔
Holotype: ✖
Axenic: ✖
Clonal: ✔
Toxicity: Unknown
Aquaculture: ✖
Ecotoxicology: ✖
Teaching: ✖
Ecosystem marker: ✖
rARN 18S sequence available: ✖

Morphology

Flagellate: ✖
Length: 10
Width: 5

Culture

Isolation date: 1984
Isolation site: Kossou
Isolation previous code: Kossou 4
Culture medium: L-C
Growth temperature: 27
Bibliography
Metzger, P., Rager, M.-N. & Largeau, C. (2007) Polyacetals based on polymethylsqualene diols, precursors of algaenan in Botryococcus braunii race B. Organic Geochemistry 38: 566-581), (Senousy, H.H., Beakes, G.W., Hack, E. (2004). Phylogenetic placement of Botryococcus braunii. JPhycol. 40: 412-423