Strain Data

Strain number		NIES-2566
Phylum		Chlorophyta
Class		Pedinophyceae
Scientific name		Akinorimonas japonica Barcytė & M.Eliáš
Synonym
Former name
Common name
Locality (Date of collection)		Isonoura Beach, Isonoura, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Latitude / Longitude		34.25888888 / 135.0947222
Habitat (Isolation source)		Marine (Sand)
History		< Inouye, Isao
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Yabuki, Akinori
Identified by		Barcytė, Dovilė; Eliáš, Marek
State of strain		Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: ESM Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 6-9 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 3 M
Gene information		Whole-genome ( CAJZHL000000000 )
Cell size (min - max)		3 - 8 μm
Organization
Characteristics		Prey for Telonema subtilis NIES-2631 ; Genome decoded strain (Repetti et al. 2022) ; Authentic strain (Barcytė et al. 2025)
Other strain no.		Other strain no. : TKB-361; YPF 701
Remarks		Cryopreserved
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Related strain information (Used in same reference)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-1330	Prymnesium calathiferum		Marine (Sand)
NIES-2433	Norrisiella sphaerica		Marine (Seaweed)
NIES-2305	Eutreptiella sp.		Marine (Seawater)	Red tide
NIES-2142	Ochromonas danica		Freshwater	Mixotrophic ; Phagotrophic
NIES-1441	Percolomonas sp.		Marine (Seawater)	Heterotrophic ; Phagotrophic

Reference
Kashiyama, Y. et al. 2019 Taming chlorophylls by early eukaryotes underpinned algal interactions and the diversification of the eukaryotes on the oxygenated Earth. ISME J., 13, 1899-1910. Strain(s): 8, 254, 274, 286, 324, 331, 353, 381, 494, 623, 624, 997, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1320, 1330, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1372, 1377, 1388, 1390, 1396, 1397, 1408, 1438, 1439, 1441, 1964, 2008, 2142, 2144, 2149, 2300, 2305, 2325, 2433, 2498, 2502, 2566, 2584, 2586, 2589, 2590, 2677, 2878, 3356, 3374, 3775, 4477, 4478 PubMed: 30809012 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0377-0 Repetti, S. I., Iha, C., Uthanumallian, K., Jackson, C. J., Chen, Y., Chan C. X., Verbruggen, H. 2022 Nuclear genome of a pedinophyte pinpoints genomic innovationand streamlining in the green algae. New Phytol., 233, 2144–2154. Keywords: Chlorophyta; genome evolution; green algae; nuclear genome; pedinophyte; streamlining; UTC; Viridiplantae Strain(s): 2566 PubMed: 34923642 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17926 Barcytė, D., Žihala, D., Eliáš, M. 2025 Expanded diversity of pedinophytes provides a window into the evolution of the genetic code in organelles PLoS Genet., 21, e1011901 (article ID). Strain(s): 2566 PubMed: 41124226 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011901

Reference

Kashiyama, Y. et al. 2019 Taming chlorophylls by early eukaryotes underpinned algal interactions and the diversification of the eukaryotes on the oxygenated Earth. ISME J., 13, 1899-1910.
Strain(s): 8, 254, 274, 286, 324, 331, 353, 381, 494, 623, 624, 997, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1320, 1330, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1372, 1377, 1388, 1390, 1396, 1397, 1408, 1438, 1439, 1441, 1964, 2008, 2142, 2144, 2149, 2300, 2305, 2325, 2433, 2498, 2502, 2566, 2584, 2586, 2589, 2590, 2677, 2878, 3356, 3374, 3775, 4477, 4478
PubMed: 30809012
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0377-0

Repetti, S. I., Iha, C., Uthanumallian, K., Jackson, C. J., Chen, Y., Chan C. X., Verbruggen, H. 2022 Nuclear genome of a pedinophyte pinpoints genomic innovationand streamlining in the green algae. New Phytol., 233, 2144–2154.
Keywords: Chlorophyta; genome evolution; green algae; nuclear genome; pedinophyte; streamlining; UTC; Viridiplantae
Strain(s): 2566
PubMed: 34923642
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17926

Barcytė, D., Žihala, D., Eliáš, M. 2025 Expanded diversity of pedinophytes provides a window into the evolution of the genetic code in organelles PLoS Genet., 21, e1011901 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2566
PubMed: 41124226
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011901

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