<strong>UTEX 1648</strong> <br><i>Selenastrum capricornutum</i>
Algae Details UTEX Number: 1648 Class: Chlorophyceae Strain: Selenastrum capricornutum Media: Bristol Medium Origin: Nitelva River, Akershus, Norway Description of Location: Type Culture: No Collection: Isolation: O.M. Skulberg (1959) Isolator Number: Deposition: NIVA (5/10/68) Relatives: CCAP 278/4, ?CCAP 278/5 aka FBIU X15; SAG B 61.81; ATCC 22662; NIVA CHL 1; UTCC LB 37 Also Known As: Monraphidium capricornutum; Raphidocelis subcapitata; Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata; Ankistrodesmus bibraianus Notes: U.S. E.P.A. test organism/bioassays of water quality, toxicity studies; as food for Daphnia & Ceriodaphnia cultures in combination with UTEX 89 or 90 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii & 749 Ankistrodesmus falcatus; taxonomy (Nygaard et al. 1986); antifungal activity (Kellam et al. 1989); no detectable hydrogen photoproduction (Brand et al. 1989)