Strain number NIES-2908  
Phylum Dinophyta  
Class Dinophyceae  
Scientific name Effrenium voratum (H.J.Jeong, S.Y.Lee, N.S.Kang & LaJeunesse) LaJeunesse & H.J.Jeong  
Synonym Symbiodinium voratum H.J.Jeong, S.Y.Lee, N.S.Kang & LaJeunesse; Zooxanthella vorata (H.J.Jeong, S.Y.Lee, N.S.Kang & LaJeunesse) Guiry & R.A.Andersen 2018  
Former name  
Common name Dinoflagellate ; Zooxanthellae  
Locality (Date of collection) Fukue Isl., Goto, Nagasaki, Japan (2011-09-12)  
Latitude / Longitude 32.631227290542064 / 128.62948429403312 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (coral host: Hydnophora exesa)  
History < Kawachi, Masanobu  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kawachi, Masanobu (2011-10-**)  
Identified by Kawachi, Masanobu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MNK  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  20 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BAAHJL000000000 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Symbiotic (corals) ; Genome decoded strain (Yoshioka et al. 2025) ; Clade C3  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Goto26_C3  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
Movie  
Reference
Yoshioka, Y., Kawachi, M., Kawamitsu, M., Murzabaev, A., Satoh, N., Shinzato, C., Shoguchi, E. 2025 First genome sequences of the dinoflagellate Effrenium voratum strain isolated from the coral Hydnophora exesa in temperate Japanese region. BMC Genomic Data, 26, 83 (article ID).
Keywords: Effrenium strain; Symbiodiniaceae genome; Dinoflagellates; Transcriptome sequence data; Long reads; Western North Pacific
Strain(s): 2908 
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-025-01374-7

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