Strain number NIES-1846  
Phylum Heterokontophyta  
Class Chrysophyceae  
Scientific name Spumella sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Namiki Park Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (2002-09-11)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.0658721099443 / 140.14219601633027 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Pond water)  
History < TKB;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Yubuki, Naoji (2002-10-06)  
Identified by Yubuki, Naoji  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  URO + Wheat  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  4-5 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Plastid genome ( AP019363 )  
Cell size (min - max) 13 - 18 μm  
Organization  
Characteristics Phagotrophic ; Planktonic ; Cosmopolitan ; Phagotrophic ; Genome decoded strain (Dorrell et al. 2019)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TKB-010 (NY0108)  
Remarks  
Movie  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-24
Nostoc commune Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial (Plant (The moss Cavicularia densa)) Drought tolerance ; Epiphytic  
NIES-1388
Developayella elegans   Marine (Seawater) Heterotrophic ; Phagotrophic  
NIES-155
Chlorococcum chlorococcoides Green alga   Terrestrial (Soil)  
NIES-2176
Auxenochlorella protothecoides Green alga   (The freshwater sponge Spongilla fluviatalis)  
NIES-440
Chlamydomonas parkeae Green alga   Marine (Seawater) Phototaxis ; Siphonaxanthin-containing strain (Sasa et al. 1992)  
Reference
Yubuki, N., Nakayama, T., Inouye, I. 2008 A unique life cycle and perennation in a colorless chrysophyte Spumella sp. J. Phycol., 44, 164-172.
Keywords: cannibalism; Chrysophyceae; colorless chrysophyte; doubling time; growth rate; heterotrophic flagellate
Strain(s): 1846 
PubMed: 27041053
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00441.x

Fukuda, S., Iwamoto, K., Atsumi, M., Yokoyama, A., Nakayama, T., Ishida, K-I., Inouye, I., Shiraiwa, Y. 2014 Global searches for microalgae and aquatic plants that can eliminate radioactive cesium, iodine and strontium from the radio-polluted aquatic environment: a bioremediation strategy. J. Plant Res., 127, 79-89.
Keywords: Algal phytoremediation; Bioaccumulation; Radiopollution; Radionuclide elimination; Radioactive cesium; The Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant accident
Strain(s): 24,  36,  71,  155,  160,  203,  233,  246,  329,  333,  391,  405,  417,  440,  487,  503,  529,  531,  538,  548,  553,  587,  597,  678,  727,  805,  843,  859,  931,  995,  1003,  1012,  1015,  1017,  1031,  1044,  1045,  1259,  1326,  1331,  1377,  1382,  1388,  1411,  1435,  1439,  1440,  1441,  1442,  1458,  1728,  1826,  1831,  1833,  1840,  1846,  1862,  1865,  1956,  2131,  2144,  2146,  2147,  2150,  2175,  2176,  2185,  2268,  2325,  2341,  2352,  2377,  2412,  2437,  2854,  2855,  2856,  2858,  2859,  2860 
PubMed: 24346654
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-013-0596-9

Dorrell, R. G., Azuma, T., Nomura, M., Audren de Kerdrel, G., Paoli, L., Yang, S., Bowler, C., Ishii, K.-I., Miyashita, H., Gile, G. H., Kamikawa, R. 2019 Principles of plastid reductive evolution illuminated by nonphotosynthetic chrysophytes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 116, 6914-6923.
Keywords: heterotrophy; ochrophyte; phylogenomics; dual targeting; protist
Strain(s): 1846 
PubMed: 30872488
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819976116

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