Strain Data
Strain number NIES-3986  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox ferrisii Isaka, Matsuzaki & Nozaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Refer to NIES-2737  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Oct]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  VTAC  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  12 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information MID ( LC274877 LC274878 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; F2 progeny of NIES-2737 ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012, J. Phycol.)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2011-929-Vx2-F2-9  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2739
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Isaka 2012) ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012)  
NIES-4029
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-2736
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012)  
NIES-2737
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012) ; F2 strain (NIES-3986)  
NIES-4465
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012, J. Phycol.)  
Related strain information
(Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-397
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398  
NIES-241
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond sediment) Phototaxis ; Fertility lost  
NIES-398
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Male ; Crosses with NIES-397  
NIES-543
 		Volvox kirkiorum Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-3785
 		Volvox reticuliferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis ; F1 progeny strain of NIES-3781, 3782 and 3783 ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2021)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-1140
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST4 (Tanabe, Y. et al. 2007)  
NIES-522
 		Pseudocarteria mucosa Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Homothallic  
NIES-2738
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012)  
NIES-3786
 		Volvox reticuliferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis ; F1 progeny strain of NIES-3781, 3782 and 3783 ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Male ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2021)  
NIES-652
 		Gonium quadratum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-653 ; F1 strains (NIES-647, 648, 649, 650)  
Reference
Yamamoto, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Mori, T., Takahashi, F., Sekimoto, H., Ferris, P. J., Nozaki, H. 2017 Molecular evolutionary analysis of a gender-limited MID ortholog from the homothallic species Volvox africanus with male and monoecious spheroids. PLoS One, 12, e0180313 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3780,  3782,  3783,  3785,  3786,  3986,  4110,  4111 
PubMed: 28665990
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180313

Hanschen, E. R., Davison, D. R., Ferris, P. J., Michod, R. E. 2018 On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization. Evol. Ecol. Res., 19, 299-318.
Keywords: homothallism; phylogenetics; reversion; self-fertilization; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  421,  456,  458,  460,  474,  522,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  751,  851,  856,  872,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  1038,  1122,  1140,  1148,  1156,  1157,  1362,  1708,  1711,  1713,  1859,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782,  3986,  4145,  4258,  4259,  4260 

Yamagishi, S., Yamamoto, K., Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2024 Evolutionary analysis of MID homologs during the transition from homothallic species to heterothallic species in Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyceae). Phycol. Res., 72, 46-55.
Keywords: male gamete; mating system; minus dominance gene (MID); molecular evolution; sex; sperm packet; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  456,  460,  541,  544,  545,  569,  572,  574,  582,  652,  653,  654,  732,  851,  852,  857,  872,  891,  892,  1362,  1363,  1708,  1710,  1859,  2457,  2569,  2735,  2736,  2740,  3382,  3383,  3780,  3782,  3786,  3874,  3984,  3986,  3988,  4021,  4025,  4336,  4432,  4535,  4536,  4537 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12538

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