Biology:Scenedesmus obliquus

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Short description: Species of green algae

Scenedesmus obliquus
Tetradesmus obliquus as Scenedesmus acutus.JPG
Scenedesmus obliquus (as S. acutus), drawn by Carl Nägeli in 1849)
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Scenedesmaceae
Genus: Scenedesmus
Species:
S. obliquus
Binomial name
Scenedesmus obliquus
(Turpin) Kützing, 1833
Synonyms
  • Tetradesmus obliquus (Turpin) M.J.Wynne

Scenedesmus obliquus is a green algae species of the genus Scenedesmus.

This chlorophyte species is notable for the genetic coding of its mitochondria which translate TCA as a stop codon and TAG as leucine.[1] This code is represented by NCBI translation table 22, Scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code.[2]

Both growth and photosynthesis of S. obliquus are affected by the presence of nano-sized microplastics, such as nano-polystyrene (nano-PS).[3]

See also

References

  1. A. M. Nedelcu; R. W. Lee; G. Lemieux; M. W. Gray; G. Burger (June 2000). "The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Scenedesmus obliquus reflects an intermediate stage in the evolution of the green algal mitochondrial genome". Genome Research 10 (6): 819–31. doi:10.1101/gr.10.6.819. PMID 10854413. 
  2. Elzanowski, Andrzej; Ostell, Jim; Leipe, Detlef; Soussov, Vladimir. "The Genetic Codes". Taxonomy browser. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/index.cgi?chapter=tgencodes#thetop. 
  3. E. Besseling; Bo Wang; M. Lürling; A. Koelmans (30 September 2014). "Nanoplastic Affects Growth of S. obliquus and Reproduction of D. magna reflects an intermediate stage in the evolution of the green algal mitochondrial genome". Environmental Science & Technology 48 (20): 12336–12343. doi:10.1021/es503001d. PMID 25268330. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q28431605 entry