Strain Data
Strain number NIES-2242  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Chlamydomonas sphaeroides Gerloff  
Synonym  
Former name Chlamydomonas iyengari Mitra  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) India  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < IAM (2007) < BIU (UTEX; 1967);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Pringsheim, E. G.  
Identified by  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  C (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  2-3 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  6 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BDDC00000000 ) , 18S rRNA ( AB701556 ) , EPT ( LC068986 ) , ECT ( LC068985 ) , EKI ( LC068805 )  
Cell size (min - max) 8 - 12 μm  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Genome decoded strain (Hirashima et al. 2016)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM C-255; CCAP 11/14; UTEX 221; SAG 25.72; CGC CC-1811
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; 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-2235
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Phototaxis ; Starch production (Kuchitsu et al. 1988) ; Genome decoded strain ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-2239 (IAM C-562) ; Live food (Liu et al. 2016)  
NIES-2236
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Terrestrial (Soil) Phototaxis ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-2237
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Phototaxis ; D-Threonine aldolase (Hirato et al. 2007) ; D-amino acids ; Cell wall less mutant of NIES-2238 ; Loss of nitrate reductase ; Unable to use nitrate as nitrogen source (Pröschold et al. 2005)  
NIES-2238
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Terrestrial (Soil) Phototaxis ; Mating type (+) ; Loss of nitrate reductase ; Unable to use nitrate as nitrogen source (Pröschold et al. 2005)  
NIES-2463
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Freshwater (Soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
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-2202
 		Chlamydomonas applanata Green alga   Terrestrial Phototaxis ; Genome decoded strain (Hirashima et al. 2016)  
NIES-2499
 		Chlamydomonas eustigma Green alga   Freshwater (Microfilm) Acidophilic ; Phototaxis ; Arsenic tolerance (Hirooka et al. 2017) ; Genome decoded strain (Hirooka et al. 2017)  
NIES-2212
 		Chlamydomonas debaryana Green alga   Phototaxis ; Starch production (Toyoshima et al. 2015) ; Genome decoded strain (Hirashima et al. 2016)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2246
 		Chlamydomonas typica Green alga   Terrestrial (Soil) Phototaxis  
NIES-2576
 		Chlamydomonas moewusii Green alga   Phototaxis ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-2248
 		Chlamydomonas zebra Green alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-425
 		Carteria cerasiformis Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 1994) ; Genome decoded strain (Lemieux et al. 2015)  
NIES-3388
 		Colemanosphaera charkowiensis Green alga   Freshwater (Ditch water) Planktonic ; Dioecious ; Anisogamous ; Resting spore-forming ; Authentic strain, Epitype (Nakada et al. 2014)  
Reference
Yumoto, K., Kasai, F., Kawachi, M. 2013 Taxonomic re-examination of Chlamydomonas strains maintained in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 29, 1-12.
Strain(s): 158,  437,  438,  440,  884,  968,  1021,  1022,  1048,  1733,  1848,  1849,  2201,  2202,  2203,  2204,  2206,  2207,  2208,  2209,  2210,  2211,  2212,  2213,  2214,  2215,  2216,  2218,  2219,  2220,  2222,  2223,  2224,  2225,  2228,  2229,  2230,  2231,  2233,  2234,  2235,  2236,  2237,  2238,  2239,  2240,  2241,  2242,  2243,  2246,  2247,  2248,  2314,  2315,  2316,  2317,  2318,  2319,  2320,  2321,  2322,  2323,  2324,  2462,  2463,  2499,  2575,  2576,  2577,  2578,  2579,  3284 
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.29.1_1

Sakurai, K., Mori, N., Sato, N. 2014 Detection and characterization of phosphatidylcholine in various strains of the genus Chlamydomonas (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). J. Plant Res., 127, 641-650.
Keywords: Chlamydomonas; Delta 5 desaturase; Diacylglyceryl-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine; Fatty acid; Phosphatidylcholine
Strain(s): 2202,  2207,  2212,  2215,  2219,  2225,  2230,  2242,  2316,  2462,  2499 
PubMed: 24947506
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-014-0644-0

Hirashima, T., Tajima, N., Sato, N. 2016 Draft genome sequences of four species of Chlamydomonas containing phosphatidylcholine. GenomeA, 4, e01070-16 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2202,  2207,  2212,  2242 
PubMed: 27688324
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01070-16

Sato, N., Mori, N., Hirashima, T., Moriyama, T. 2016 Diverse pathways of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in algae as estimated by labeling studies and genomic sequence analysis. Plant J., 87, 281–292.
Keywords: Chlamydomonas; Cyanidioschyzon merolae; phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis; phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase; phosphoethanolamine methyltransferase
Strain(s): 2207,  2242 
PubMed: 27133435
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13199

Nakada, T., Ito, T., Tomita, M. 2016 18S ribosomal RNA gene phylogeny of a colonial volvocalean lineage (Tetrabanaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae, Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and its close relatives. J. Jpn. Bot., 91, 345-354.
Keywords: 18S rRNA; colonial; green algae; molecular phylogeny; unicellular; Volvocales
Strain(s): 418,  456,  460,  474,  541,  544,  545,  564,  566,  571,  654,  666,  721,  725,  728,  735,  737,  867,  877,  879,  880,  881,  882,  883,  1362,  2242,  2246,  2266,  2567,  3388,  4126 

Hirashima, T., Toyoshima, M., Moriyama, T., Nakamura, Y., Sato, N. 2017 Characterization of phosphoethanolamine-N-methyltransferases in green algae. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 488, 141-146.
Keywords: Green algal evolution; Chlamydomonas; Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis; Phosphoethanolamine-N-methyltransferase
Strain(s): 2202,  2207,  2212,  2235,  2242 
PubMed: 2848352
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.05.026

Hirashima, T., Toyoshima, M., Moriyama, T., Sato, N. 2018 Evolution of the phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis pathways in green algae: Combinatorial diversity of methyltransferases. J. Mol. Evol., 86, 68-76.
Keywords: Chlamydomonas; Metabolic diversity; Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis; Phosphoethanolamine-N-methyltransferase; Phospholipid-N-methyltransferase
Strain(s): 2202,  2207,  2212,  2242 
PubMed: 29330556
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-017-9826-4

Flores, D. C., Fricke, M., Wesp, V., Desirò, D., Kniewasser, A., Hölzer, M., Marz, M., Mittag, M. 2021 A marine Chlamydomonas sp. emerging as an algal model. J. Phycol., 57, 54-69.
Strain(s): 882,  2202,  2204,  2207,  2211,  2218,  2220,  2223,  2229,  2236,  2241,  2242,  2248 
PubMed: 33043442
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13083

Matsuzaki, R., Suzuki, S., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Kanesaki, Y., Yoshikawa, H., Mori, T., Nozaki, H. 2021 The Rubisco small subunits in the green algal genus Chloromonas provide insights into evolutionary loss of the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle, the pyrenoid. BMC Ecol. Evol., 21, 11 (article ID).
Keywords: Chloromonas; Evolution; Green algae; Hydrophobicity of RBCS helices; Pyrenoid; Pyrenoid loss; Rubisco small subunit (RBCS)
Strain(s): 144,  424,  425,  2207,  2212,  2215,  2242,  2243,  2499,  3753,  4284 
PubMed: 33514317
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01733-1

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