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Strain number NIES-152  
Phylum Streptophyta  
Class Zygnematophyceae  
Scientific name Micrasterias crux-melitensis Ralfs  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Desmid  
Locality (Date of collection) Kathmandu, Nepal (1968-05-18)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Sediment)  
History < IAM (1983);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ichimura, Terunobu (1970-12-12)  
Identified by Ichimura, Terunobu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2024 Jan]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  VT  
Temperature:  20 (25) C
Light intensity:  6-8 (14-16) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M (21 D)  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( FR852601 ) , CO3 ( FR852674 )  
Cell size (min - max) - 53 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Homothallic  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM C-427
Other strain no. : N-90-27  
Remarks 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-778
Micrasterias foliacea Desmid   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Heterothallic ; Crosses with NIES-777  
NIES-779
Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis Desmid   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Heterothallic ; Crosses with NIES-780  
NIES-784
Micrasterias truncata Desmid   Freshwater (Pond water) Heterothallic ; Crosses with NIES-783  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
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-379
Eremosphaera gigas Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
NIES-337
Closterium incurvum Desmid   Freshwater (Pond water) Homothallic  
NIES-226
Graesiella emersonii Green alga    
NIES-666
Yamagishiella unicocca Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-667  
Reference
Ichimura, T. & Itoh, T. 1977 17. Preservation methods of microalgae (I) [17. Bisaisôrui no hozonhô (I)]. In Preservation methods of microorganisms [Biseibutsu Hozonhô], Ed. by Nei, T., University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp. 355-373 (in Japanese).
Strain(s): 19212223242728303132333436373839404144454647484950122123127131144152173175179180181182183185198200203206217226227241266267268295309310334338379436448450455527 

Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
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Škaloud, P., Nemjová, K., Veselá, J., Cˇ erná, K., Neustupa,J. 2011 A multilocus phylogeny of the desmid genus Micrasterias (Streptophyta): Evidence for the accelerated rate of morphological evolution in protists. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61, 933-943.
Keywords: Biogeography; Evolution; Micrasterias; Morphology; Phylogeny; Protists
Strain(s): 152774777784 
PubMed: 21911067
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.018

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