Taxonomy
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Trebouxiales
Family: Botryococcaceae
Genus: Botryococcus
Species: braunii
Authority: Kützing
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
Habitat: Lake
Country: Bolivie, l'État Plurinational De
Identity
Distributed: ✔
Holotype: ✖
Axenic: ✖
Clonal: ✔
Toxicity: Unknown
Aquaculture: ✖
Ecotoxicology: ✖
Teaching: ✖
Ecosystem marker: ✖
rARN 18S sequence available: ✖
Holotype: ✖
Axenic: ✖
Clonal: ✔
Toxicity: Unknown
Aquaculture: ✖
Ecotoxicology: ✖
Teaching: ✖
Ecosystem marker: ✖
rARN 18S sequence available: ✖
Morphology
Flagellate: ✖
Length: 10
Width: 5
Length: 10
Width: 5
Culture
Isolation date: 1985
Isolation site: Overjuyo
Isolation previous code: Overjuyo 3
Culture medium: L-C
Growth temperature: 27
Isolation site: Overjuyo
Isolation previous code: Overjuyo 3
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., Casadevall, E., Couté, A. (1988) Botryococcene distribution in strains of the green alga Botryococcus braunii. Phytochemistry 27: 1383-1388),
(Metzger, P., Rager, M.-N. & Fosse, C. (2008) Braunicetals: acetals from condensation of macrocyclic aldehydes and terpene diols in Botryococcus braunii. Phytochemistry 69: 2380-2386
