| Strain number | NIES-3988 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Volvox ferrisii Isaka, Matsuzaki & Nozaki | |||
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| Former name | ||||
| Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | A small pond to Isanuma Pond, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan (2015-05-02) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 35.92161111 / 139.51483333 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Pond water) | |||
| History | < Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2015-05-02) | |||
| Identified by | Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Apr] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
VTAC
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 12 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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| Gene information | 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC185090 ) , rbcL ( LC191325 ) , psbC ( LC191335 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | ||||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012, J. Phycol.) | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : 2015-0502-VVx2-1 | |||
| Remarks | Axenic; Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" | |||
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Related strain information
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-4593 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Reservoir water) | Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious |
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NIES-569 |
Gonium pectorale | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-570 |
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NIES-852 |
Gonium octonarium | Green alga | Phototaxis | |
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NIES-460 |
Eudorina illinoisensis | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (male) ; Crosses with NIES-459 |
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NIES-4336 |
Volvox rousseletii | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Reservoir water) | Phototaxis ; Dioecious ; Heterothallic ; Male |
| Reference |
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Nozaki, H., Ueki, N., Isaka, N., Saigo, T., Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, F., Wakabayashi, K-I., Kawachi, M.
2016
A new morphological type of Volvox from japanese large lakes and recent divergence of this type and V. ferrisii in two different freshwater habitats.
PLoS One,
11,
e0167148 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2736, 2737, 3987, 3988, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028 PubMed: 27880842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167148 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 Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, K., Yamamoto, K., Suzuki, S., Ootsuki, R., Kawachi, M., Tanabe, Y., Ueki, N. 2026 Molecular and morphological delineations of two homothallic monoicous species, Volvox sagami sp. nov. and V. ferrisii (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) in Japan. Phycologia, , Keywords: Chlorophyta; nuclear genes phylogeny; reproductive isolation; sexual reproduction; Taxonomyvol; vocine algae Strain(s): 2736, 2737, 2739, 3987, 3988, 4021, 4022, 4026, 4029, 4465, 4534, 4536, 4537, 4593, 4661, 4662 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2026.2683158 |
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