Scenedesmus obliquus

Scenedesmus obliquus
	Scenedesmus obliquus (as S. acutus), drawn by Carl Nägeli in 1849)
Scientific classification
(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]

References

^ 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. PMC 310893. PMID 10854413.
^ Elzanowski A, Ostell J, Leipe D, Soussov V. "The Genetic Codes". Taxonomy browser. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ 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.

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