Strain number NIES-2744  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Microglena opisthopyren (Skuja) Demchenko, Mikhailyuk & Pröschold  
Synonym Chlamydomonas opisthopyren Skuja; Chlamydomonas macroplastida J.W.G. Lund f. macrostigma Bourrelly; Chlamydomonas pseudomacrostigma Péterfi  
Former name Chlamydomonas pseudomacrostigma L.Ş. Péterfi ex H.Ettl  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan (2008-05-29)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Nakada, Takashi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nakada, Takashi (2008-07-23)  
Identified by Nakada, Takashi  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Jan]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  12-15 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AB694004 ) , 5.8S-ITS2-28S ( AB872921 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Authentic strain, Epitype (Nakada et al. 2014)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TkS0811B3  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
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-858
Phacotus lenticularis Green alga   Planktonic  
Reference
Nakada, T., Nozaki, H., Tomita, M. 2012 Light microscopy and phylogenetic analyses of Chlamydomonas species (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). I. Chlamydomonas pseudomacrostigma and Chlamydomonas media. Acta Phytotax. Geobot., 62, 69-78.
Keywords: 18S rRNA; Chlamydomonas media; Chlamydomonas pseudomacrostigma; light microscopy; molecular phylogeny, phycology
Strain(s): 2743,  2744 
DOI: 10.18942/apg.KJ00008111418

Nakada, T., Tomita, M. 2014 Light microscopy and phylogenetic asalyses of Chlamydomonas species (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). II. Molecular phylogeny, secondary Microglena opisthopyren, and M. media, comb. nov. Acta Phytotax. Geobot., 65, 67-73.
Keywords: Chlamydomonas; ITS-2; Microglena; molecular phylogeny; phycology; synonymy
Strain(s): 2743,  2744 
DOI: 10.18942/apg.KJ00009406722

Seto, K. & Degawa, Y. 2018 Collimyces mutans gen. et sp. nov. (Rhizophydiales, Collimycetaceae fam. nov.), a new chytrid parasite of Microglena (Volvocales, clade Monadinia). Protist, 169, 507-520.
Keywords: Chytrid; Collimyces mutans; Microglena; parasite; Rhizophydiales; zoospore ultrastructure
Strain(s): 755,  858,  2220,  2235,  2743,  2744 
PubMed: 29935342
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2018.02.006

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