Strain number NIES-887  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Pandorina morum (O.F.Müller) Bory  
Synonym Volvox morum O.F.Müller 1786  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Tulare County, California, USA (1951-02-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) (Soil)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < UTEX  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Coleman, A. W.  
Identified by Coleman, A. W.  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  9-14 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC066325 ) , atpB ( AB044179 ) , psaA ( AB044230 ) , psaB ( AB044455 ) , rbcL ( AB044166 ) , psbC ( AB044509 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 880
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
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-888
Pandorina morum Green alga   (Soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-889  
NIES-572
Pandorina colemaniae Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-573  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-428
Carteria obtusa Green alga   Freshwater (Exudation from reclaimed land)  
NIES-569
Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-570  
NIES-545
Volvulina steinii Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-546  
NIES-4248
Chlamydomonas sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis  
NIES-724
Eudorina unicocca Green alga   Freshwater Phototaxis ; Heterothallic  
Reference
Coleman, A. W. 1959 Sexual isolation in Pandorina morum. J. Protozool., 6, 249-264.
Strain(s): 886,  887 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1959.tb04366.x

Nozaki, H., Misawa, K., Kajita, T., Kato, M., Nohara, S., Watanabe, M. M. 2000 Origin and evolution of the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae) as inferred from multiple, chloroplast gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 17, 256-268.
Strain(s): 418,  456,  460,  474,  541,  545,  564,  566,  569,  571,  572,  574,  577,  582,  653,  654,  666,  720,  721,  722,  724,  725,  727,  728,  730,  731,  732,  734,  735,  736,  737,  851,  854,  872,  882,  884,  886,  887,  888,  889,  890,  893,  895,  896,  898 
PubMed: 11083939
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0831

Munakata, H., Nakada, T., Nakahigashi, K., Nozaki, H., Tomita, M. 2016 Phylogenetic position and molecular chronology of a colonial green flagellate, Stephanosphaera pluvialis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), among unicellular algae. J. Eucaryot. Microbiol., 63, 340-348.
Keywords: Balticola; coloniality; divergence time; evolution; molecular phylogeny
Strain(s): 123,  144,  421,  428,  432,  439,  446,  567,  569,  571,  656,  861,  887,  968,  1048,  2293,  2564,  4124,  4125 
PubMed: 26595722
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12283

Nakada, T., Tsuchida, Y., Tomita, M. 2019 Improved taxon sampling and multigene phylogeny of unicellular chlamydomonads closely related to the colonial volvocalean lineage Tetrabaenaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 130 1-8.
Keywords: Alga; Chlamydomonas; Colony evolution; Multigene phylogeny; Vitreochlamys; Zoosporangium
Strain(s): 418,  437,  456,  460,  474,  541,  544,  545,  564,  566,  569,  571,  577,  654,  666,  721,  725,  728,  735,  737,  867,  879,  880,  882,  883,  887,  1362,  1858,  2462,  2567,  3383,  3388,  4241,  4242,  4243,  4244,  4245,  4246,  4247,  4248,  4249,  4250,  4251,  4252,  4253,  4254,  4255,  4256 
PubMed: 30266459
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.013

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