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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: Tropical
Habitat: Lake
Country: Bolivie, l'État Plurinational De

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: 1986
Isolation site: Overjuyo
Isolation previous code: Overjuyo 7
Culture medium: L-C
Growth temperature: 27
Bibliography
- Senousy, H.H., Beakes, G.W., Hack, E. (2004). Phylogenetic placement of Botryococcus braunii. JPhycol. 40: 412-423), - Metzger, P. (1993) n-Heptacosatrienes and tetraenes from a Bolivian strain of Botryococcus braunii. Phytochemistry 33: 1125-1128), - Metzger, P. (1994) Phenolic ether lipids with an n-alkenylresorcinol moiety from a Bolivian strain of Botryococcus braunii (A race).Phytochemistry 36: 195-212), - Metzger, P. & Largeau, C. (1994) A new type of ether lipid comprising phenolic moieties in Botryococcus braunii. Chemical structure and abundance, and geochemical implications. Organic Geochemistry 22: 801-814), - Senousy, H.H. (2003) A molecular taxonomic and morphological study of the green algal genus Botyrococcus. PhD Thesis, 248pp, University of Newcastle, UK.), - Metzger, P. & Largeau, C. (2005) Botryococcus braunii: a rich source for hydrocarbons and related ether lipids. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 66: 486-496