Strain number NIES-4452  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Chloromonas fukushimae Matsuzaki & Nozaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Snow alga  
Locality (Date of collection) the Hakkoda Botanical Garden of Tohoku University, Mt. Hakkoda, Aomori, Aomori, Japan (2016-05-18)  
Latitude / Longitude 40.6470833 / 140.8513055 
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (Snow)  
History < Matsuzaki, Ryo  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Matsuzaki, Ryo (2016-10-09)  
Identified by Matsuzaki, Ryo  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Jun]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  5 C
Light intensity:  51 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Cryophilic ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Life cycle (Matsuzaki et al. 2020)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : HkCl-117  
Remarks Fragile species to temperature changes; Axenic 
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-158
Chloromonas augustae Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Authentic strain  
NIES-3389
Chloromonas fukushimae Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Authentic strain (Matsuzaki et al. 2014) ; Cryophilic ; Life cycle (Matsuzaki et al. 2020)  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4107
Gymnomonas nepalensis Green alga   Terrestrial (NIES-3572) Authentic strain (Watanabe & Nakada 2018) ; Type specimen (NIES-50015, Holotype)  
NIES-4453
Chloromonas fukushimae Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Cryophilic ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Life cycle (Matsuzaki et al. 2020)  
NIES-2353
Coccomyxa dispar Green alga   (Dried algal mat)  
NIES-2137
Cyanidium caldarium Red alga   Hot spring  
NIES-250
Galdieria sp. Red alga   Hot spring Acidophilic  
Reference
Matsuzaki, R., Kawachi, M., Nozaki, H., Nohara, S., Suzuki, I. 2020 Sexual reproduction of the snow alga Chloromonas fukushimae (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) induced using cultured materials. PLoS One, 15, e0238265 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3389339044524453 
PubMed: 2845939
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238265

Hamana, K., Furuchi, T., Hayashi, H., Uemura, T., Niitsu, M. 2023 Additional polyamine analysis of the algae belonging to the phyla Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta and Chlorophyta. ─Polyamine analysis of algae V─ Microb. Resour. Syst., 39, 33-40.
Keywords: alga; Chlorophyta; Glaucophyta; polyamine; Rhodophyta
Strain(s): 226250254550551626129813321703183621372163216421652166225223532894337736453867389138924107439044524696 
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.39.1_33

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