Strain number NIES-2379  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Chloromonas miwae (H.Fukushima) Muramoto, Nakada, Shitara, Y.Hara & Nozaki  
Synonym Carteria miwae Fukushima  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Snow alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Mt. Gassan, Nishikawa, Yamagata, Japan (2006-06-15)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (Snow)  
History < Muramoto, Kyohei  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Muramoto, Kyohei (2006-08-23)  
Identified by Muramoto, Kyohei; Nozaki , Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  10 C
Light intensity:  20-32 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  12L:12D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AB906350 ) , ITS2 ( LC012762 ) , 26S rRNA ( LC060476 ) , atpB ( AB906369 ) , psaB ( AB906380 ) , rbcL ( AB434271 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Stenothermal ; Cryophilic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : GS1  
Remarks  
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Related strain information
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2380
Chloromonas miwae Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Stenothermal ; Cryophilic  
NIES-4452
Chloromonas fukushimae Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Cryophilic ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Life cycle (Matsuzaki et al. 2020)  
NIES-158
Chloromonas augustae Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Authentic strain  
NIES-3752
Chloromonas krienitzii Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Cryophilic  
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(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3753
Chloromonas krienitzii Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Cryophilic ; Authentic strain (Matsuzaki et al. 2015)  
NIES-447
Gloeomonas anomalipyrenoides Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Planktonic ; Authentic strain (Nakada et al. 2015)  
NIES-4284
Chloromonas muramotoi Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Cryophilic ; Authentic strain (Matsuzaki et al. 2019)  
NIES-3707
Ixipapillifera pauromitos Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Authentic strain (Nakada et al. 2016) ; Type specimen (NIES-50010, Holotype)  
NIES-3390
Chloromonas fukushimae Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Cryophilic ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Life cycle (Matsuzaki et al. 2020)  
Reference
Muramoto, K., Nakada, T., Shitara, T., Hara, Y., Nozaki, H. 2010 Re-examination of the snow algal species Chloromonas miwae (Fukushima) Muramoto et al., comb. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) from Japan, based on molecular phylogeny and cultured material. Eur. J. Phycol., 45, 27-37.
Keywords: Carteria miwae; Chloromonas miwae comb. nov.; Chlorophyceae; molecular phylogeny; morphology; sexual cycle; snow algae; taxonomy; Volvocales
Strain(s): 2379,  2380 
DOI: 10.1080/09670260903272607

Matsuzaki, R., Hara, Y., Nozaki, H. 2014 A taxonomic study of snow Chloromonas species (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) based on light and electron microscopy and molecular analysis of cultured material. Phycologia, 53, 293–304.
Keywords: Chloromonadinia; Chloromonas fukushimae; Chloromonas tenuis; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Snow algae; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure
Strain(s): 2379,  2380,  3389,  3390 
DOI: 10.2216/14-3.1

Matsuzaki, R., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hara, Y., Nozaki, H. 2015 Revisiting the taxonomic significance of aplanozygote morphologies of two “cosmopolitan” snow species of the genus Chloromonas (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Phycologia, 54, 491–502.
Keywords: Chloromonas brevispina; Chloromonas krienitzii sp. nov.; Chloromonas nivalis; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Snow algae; Ultrastructure
Strain(s): 2379,  2380,  3389,  3752,  3753 
DOI: 10.2216/15-33.1

Matsuzaki, R., Nozaki, H., Kawachi, M. 2018 Taxonomic revision of Chloromonas nivalis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) strains, with the new description of two snow-inhabiting Chloromonas species. PLoS One, 13, e0193603 (article ID).
Strain(s): 464,  2379,  2380,  2563,  2862,  3389,  3707,  3753 
PubMed: 29570718
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193603

Matsuzaki, R., Nozaki, H., Takeuchi, N., Hara, Y., Kawachi, M. 2019 Taxonomic re-examination of “Chloromonas nivalis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) zygotes” from Japan and description of C. muramotoi sp. nov. PLoS One, 14, e0210986 (article ID).
Strain(s): 464,  2379,  2380,  2563,  2862,  3389,  3707,  3753,  4284 
PubMed: 30677063
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210986

Procházková, L., Matsuzaki, R., Řezanka, T., Nedbalová, L., Remias, D. 2023 The snow alga Chloromonas kaweckae sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) causes green surface blooms in the High Tatras (Slovakia) and tolerates high irradiance. J. Phycol., 59, 236-248.
Keywords: biodiversity; cryoflora; environmental sample; fatty acids; fluorometry; vegetative stages
Strain(s): 2379,  3753,  4284,  4476 
PubMed: 36461636
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13307

Barcytė, D. & Eliáš, M. 2025 Characterization of Lercomonas mokradensis gen. et sp. nov. enriches the phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity of Chloromonadinia (Chlorophyceae). Phycologia, 64, 71-83.
Strain(s): 447,  464,  2215,  2243,  2379,  2563,  2862,  3389,  3707,  3753,  4284,  4476 
DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2025.2471620

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