Strain Data
Strain number NIES-891  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox aureus Ehrenberg  
Synonym Janetosphaera aurea (Ehrenberg) W.R.Shaw 1922; Volvox dioica var. lismorensis Playfair null; Volvox minor F.Stein 1854; Volvox dioicus F.J.Cohn 1875; Volvox lismorensis Playfair 1915  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Stechlinsee, Neuglobsow, Brandenburg, Germany (1997-07-17)  
Latitude / Longitude 53.152028 / 13.023303 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (1997-07-17)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  15 C
Light intensity:  10-15 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information atpB ( AB076104 ) , rbcL ( AB076096 ) , psaA ( AB076123 ) , psaB ( AB076145 ) , psbC ( AB076160 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 970717-2  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-693
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Stream water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy  
NIES-541
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Sediment) Phototaxis  
NIES-694
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Stream water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy  
NIES-396
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic  
NIES-241
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond sediment) Phototaxis ; Fertility lost  
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-3780
 		Volvox africanus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious with male ; Oogamy ; F1 strain (NIES-3784) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2021)  
NIES-398
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Male ; Crosses with NIES-397  
NIES-4029
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-867
 		Volvox gigas Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
NIES-397
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-569
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-570  
NIES-460
 		Eudorina illinoisensis Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (male) ; Crosses with NIES-459  
NIES-851
 		Gonium octonarium Green alga   Phototaxis  
NIES-2740
 		Volvox kirkiorum Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Mixotrophic ; Osmotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Isaka 2012) ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-1038
 		Gonium multicoccum Green alga   Phototaxis  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Takahara, M., Nakazawa, A., Kita, Y., Yamada, T., Takano, H., Kawano, S., Kato, M. 2002 Evolution of rbcL group IA introns and intron open reading frames within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 23, 326-338.
Strain(s): 289,  418,  582,  654,  857,  875,  883,  891,  892 
PubMed: 12099791
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00030-1

Nozaki, H., Ott, F. D., Coleman, A. W. 2006 Morphology, molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of two new species of Pleodorina (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae). J. Phycol., 42, 1072-1080.
Keywords: colonial Volvocales; molecular phylogeny; morphology; Pleodorina starrii sp. nov.; Pleodorina thompsonii sp. nov.; taxonomy
Strain(s): 456,  460,  541,  544,  577,  666,  720,  721,  722,  724,  725,  728,  730,  731,  732,  734,  735,  736,  863,  865,  866,  867,  868,  869,  872,  891,  892,  1362,  1363,  4126,  4127 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Repeated evolution and reversibilityof self-fertilization in the volvocinegreen algae. Evolution, 72, 386-398.
Keywords: Haploid; phylogenetics; self-fertilization; sex; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  418,  456,  458,  460,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  851,  856,  857,  872,  875,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  883,  891,  892,  1038,  1362,  1711,  1713,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782 
PubMed: 29134623
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13394

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits. Am. Nat., 192, E93-E10.
Keywords: sex; volvocine green algae; multicellularity; ancestral state; reconstruction; anisogamy; sexual dimorphism
Strain(s): 289,  418,  421,  456,  458,  460,  522,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  751,  851,  856,  857,  872,  875,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  883,  891,  892,  1038,  1362,  1711,  1713,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782 
PubMed: 30125231
DOI: 10.1086/698301

Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Ootsuki, R., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Sekimoto, H., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2021 Three sex phenotypes in a haploid algal species give insights into the evolutionary transition to a self-compatible mating system. Evolution, 75, 2984-2993.
Keywords: Haploid species; inbreeding; life-history evolution; mating systems; reproductive isolation; sex
Strain(s): 456,  460,  541,  544,  731,  732,  872,  891,  892,  1362,  1363,  2569,  3382,  3383,  3780,  3782,  4066,  4068,  4479,  4480,  4481,  4482,  4483,  4484 
PubMed: 34250602
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14306

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

Ueki, N. & Wakabayashi, K. 2025 Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 119 (article ID).
Strain(s): 544,  545,  564,  571,  574,  576,  717,  728,  730,  731,  734,  867,  868,  882,  891,  1711,  2569,  3780,  3785,  4029,  4127,  4270,  4662 
PubMed: 39277710
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1

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