Strain number NIES-2176  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Trebouxiophyceae  
Scientific name Auxenochlorella protothecoides (Krüger) Kalina & Puncochárová  
Synonym  
Former name Formerly identified as Chlorella sp., re-identified at NIES by DNA analysis  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) (The freshwater sponge Spongilla fluviatalis)  
History < IAM (2007) < BIU (UTEX; 1965);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Lewin, Ralph A.  
Identified by Re-identified by NIES  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  Pro (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  8-15 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AB488571 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM C-201; UTEX 838; CCAP 211/22
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2146
Nannochloropsis oceanica   Marine Live food (Wullur et al. 2011)  
NIES-203
Oedogonium obesum Green alga    
NIES-1012
Cafeteria roenbergensis   Marine (Seawater) Heterotrophic ; Phagotrophic  
NIES-1411
Micromonas commoda   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-2377
Ovulinata parva   Marine (Seawater) Heterotrophic ; Phagotrophic ; Benthic  
Reference
Kessler, E. & Huss, V. A. R. 1992 Comparative physiology and biochemistry and taxonomic assignment of the Chlorella (Chlorophyceae) strains of the Culture Collection of the University of Texas at Austin. J. Phycol., 28, 550-553.
Keywords: chemotaxonomy; Chlorella; Chlorophyta; UTEX culture collection; utilization for research and biotechnology
Strain(s): 6866872150215121602163216921752176 
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1992.00550.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): 24367115516020323324632933339140541744048750352953153854855358759767872780584385993199510031012101510171031104410451259132613311377138213881411143514391440144114421458172818261831183318401846186218651956213121442146214721502175217621852268232523412352237724122437285428552856285828592860 
PubMed: 24346654
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-013-0596-9

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