Description
Medium: Chlorella Nutrients
Notes on preferred growing conditions. Prefers low light and agitation in solution. This strain uptakes nutrients quickly. Temperatures grown here are at 70- 75 degrees F. We use a constant intensity of light at 2500 Lux with a periodicity of 12:12 hour light : dark cycle.
Origin: Ramooswald, Zopfingen Switzerland from soil
Isolator: O.C. Dönz (1993)
Other collections have this strain and it is known as: CCAP 211/14; SAG B 211-14; ATCC 30412; IAM C-111; CAUP H 6503; UTEX 32
Publications
Huang, J., Liu, J., Li, Y. & Chen, F. (2008). Isolation and characterization of the phytoene desaturase gene as a potential selective marker for genetic engineering of the astaxanthin-producing green alga Chlorella zofingiensis (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 44: 684-690.
Li, Y., Huang, J., Sandmann, G. & Chen, F. (2009). High-light and sodium chloride stress differentially regulate the biosynthesis of astaxanthin in Chlorella zofingiensis (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 45(3): 635-641, 5 figs.
Araya B, Gouveia L, Nobre B, Reis A, Chamy R & Poirrier P (2014) Evaluation of the simultaneous production of lutein and lipids using a vertical alveolar panel bioreactor for three Chlorella species. Algal Research 6B: 218-222.
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2014.06.003
Dönz, O.C. (1934). Chlorella zofingiensis, eine neue bodenalge. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 43: 127-131.
Hindák, F. (1982). Taxonomic position of the chlorococcal alga Chlorella zofingiensis Dönz 1934 (Chlorophyceae). Algological Studies 40: 13-23.
Cordero, B.F., Obraztsova I., Martin, L., Couso, I., Leon, R., Vargas, M.A. & Rodriguez, H. (2010). Isolation and characterization of a lycopene ß-cyclase gene from the astaxanthin-producing green alga Chlorella zofingiensis (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1229-1238.
del Campo, J.A., Rodriguez, H., Moreno, J., Vargas, M.A., Rivas, J. & Guerrero, M.G. (2004). Accumulation of astaxanthin and lutein in Chlorella zofingiensis (Chlorophyta). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 64: 848-854.
Links to more information:
http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=ab17cea2d0e60e91a
Key words: Astaxanthin, Chlorella, Protein, Lutein, Starch
