Strain number NIES-2529  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Mamiellophyceae  
Scientific name Micromonas commoda Baren, Bachy & Worden  
Synonym  
Former name Formerly identified as Micromonas pusilla, named based on Matsuzaki et al. 2014.[2024 Aug]  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Okinawa Prefectural Sea Farming Center, Ohama, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan (2007-12-06)  
Latitude / Longitude 26.65527777 / 127.88 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Suda, Shoichiro < Anahara, Tomohide  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Anahara, Tomohide (2007-06-22)  
Identified by Identified by DNA analysis at NIES  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  32-34 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  21 D  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC806247 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Red tide  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : MtbM  
Remarks Cryopreserved 
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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-2527
Micromonas commoda   Marine (Seawater) Red tide  
NIES-2528
Micromonas commoda   Marine (Seawater) Red tide  
NIES-3660
Micromonas bravo   Marine (Seawater)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3664
Micromonas commoda   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-2530
Micromonas commoda   Marine (Seawater) Red tide  
NIES-3662
Micromonas commoda   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-3663
Micromonas bravo   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-4096
Micromonas commoda   Marine (Seawater) Planktonic  
Reference
Suda, S. 2008 Isolation, cultivation and phylogenetic studies of microalgae, particularly prasinophytes from coastal waters of the Nansei Islands, Japan. IFO Res. Commun., 22, 53-62 (in Japanese with English summary).
Keywords: microalgae; picoeukaryotic plankton; prasinophytes; Ryukyu Islands; zooxanthellae
Strain(s): 25272528252925302531 

Matsuzaki, R., Noël, M.-H., Kawachi, M. 2024 Molecular identification of Micromonas (Mamiellales, Mamiellophyceae) strains from Japan maintained in the Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Microb. Resour. Syst., 40, 47-51.
Keywords: culture collection; marine microalga; picoplankton; prasinophyte; biodiversity
Strain(s): 14111412141325272528252925303660366136623663366436654096 
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.40.1_47

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