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-3374	Chlorogonium capillatum	Green alga	Freshwater (Pond water)	Mixotrophic ; Osmotrophic ; Planktonic ; Prey for protozoa (flagellates, ciliates, amoebids, heliozoans)
NIES-1335	Leucocryptos marina		Marine (Seawater)	Heterotrophic ; Phagotrophic ; Genome decoded strain (Nishimura et al. 2020)
NIES-494	Oxyrrhis marina	Dinoflagellate	Marine (Seawater)	Phagotrophic ; Heterotrophic
NIES-624	Chlorarachnion reptans		Marine (Seawater)	Mixotrophic
NIES-2305	Eutreptiella sp.		Marine (Seawater)	Red tide

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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