Scenedesmus obliquus
Scenedesmus obliquus is a green algae species of the genus Scenedesmus.
| Scenedesmus obliquus | |
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| Scenedesmus obliquus (as S. acutus), drawn by Carl Nägeli in 1849) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Scenedesmaceae |
| Genus: | Scenedesmus |
| Species: | S. obliquus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scenedesmus obliquus (Turpin) Kützing, 1833 | |
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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]
See also
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.
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