Strain number NIES-1363  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Pleodorina starrii Nozaki, Ott & Coleman  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Sagami, Kanagawa, Japan (2000-06-02)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.6127439121 / 139.18283003 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) (2000-06-02)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2024 Dec]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6VTAC  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  3 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BRXT00000000 ) , Mitochondrial genome ( JX977845 ) , Plastid genome ( JX977846 ) , MID ( BAF42661 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2006) ; Heterothallic ; Anisogamous ; Male ; Genome decoded strain (Takahashi et al. 2003;( Smith et al. 2013)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2000-602-P15  
Remarks Axenic 
Movie  
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-577
Pleodorina japonica Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Anisogamou  
NIES-735
Pleodorina californica Green alga   (Freshwater) Phototaxis  
NIES-576
Pleodorina japonica Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis  
NIES-736
Pleodorina indica Green alga   (Soil) Phototaxis  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-458
Eudorina elegans Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
NIES-2735
Eudorina sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Mixotrophic ; Osmotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Anisogamous, Mating type (male) ; Resting zygote forming (Yamada et al. 2008) ; F1 strains (NIES-3984, 3985, 4018, 4100)  
NIES-3782
Volvox reticuliferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2016) ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; F1 strains (NIES-3785, 3786)  
NIES-4432
Volvox longispiniferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Reservoir water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
NIES-734
Volvox rousseletii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
Reference
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): 4564605415445776667207217227247257287307317327347357368638658668678688698728918921362136341264127 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x

Smith, D. R., Hamaji, T., Olson, B. J., Durand, P. M., Ferris, P., Michod, R. E., Featherston, J., Nozaki, H., Keeling, P. J. 2013 Organelle genome complexity scales positively with organism size in volvocine green algae. Mol. Biol. Evol., 30, 793-797.
Keywords: Chlamydomonas; Gonium; Pleodorina; Volvox; mitochondrion; chloroplast
Strain(s): 1363 
PubMed: 23300255
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst002

Hunsperger, H. M., Randhawa, T., Cattolico, R. A. 2015 Extensive horizontal gene transfer, duplication, and loss of chlorophyll synthesis genes in the algae. BMC Evol. Biol., 15, 16 (article ID).
Keywords: Chlorophyll synthesis; Horizontal gene transfer; Endosymbiotic gene transfer; Gene duplication; Algae; Protochlorophyllide
Strain(s): 29336048413632140 
PubMed: 25887237
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0286-4

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): 456460541544731732872891892136213632569338233833780378240664068447944804481448244834484 
PubMed: 34250602
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14306

Lindsey, C. R., Rosenzweing, F., Herron, M. D. 2021 Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae. BMC Biol., 19, 182 (article ID).
Keywords: Phylotranscriptomics; Volvocine algae; Green algae; Phylogeny; Multicellularity
Strain(s): 41845645846054154354456456656857258265365471771972072272572873073273673785185686386786887888289089389513621363256928633383412641274128 
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.16.435725

Takahashi, K., Suzuki, S., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Yamamoto, K., Hamaji, T., Ootsuki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2023 Reorganization of the ancestral sex-determining regions during the evolution of trioecy in Pleodorina starrii. Commun. Biol., 6, 590 (article ID).
Strain(s): 13634479448044814482 
PubMed: 37296191
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04949-1

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): 28945646054154454556957257458265265365473285185285787289189213621363170817101859245725692735273627403382338337803782378638743984398639884021402543364432453545364537 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12538

Chen, Y., Xiong, Q., Dai, Q., Liu, G. 2025 Six newly sequenced chloroplast genomes from quadriflagellate Chlamydomonadales (Chlorophyceae): Phylogeny and comparative genome analyses. Genome Biol. Evol., 17, evaf074 (article ID).
Keywords: quadriflagellate chlamydomonadaleans; phylogenomics; Corbierea; Strain(s): 15325742543247456672887513634017 
PubMed: 40247659
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf074

Unauthorized copying and replication of text, images, and tables in our homepage, are prohibited.

page-top