Strain number NIES-3782  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox reticuliferus Nozaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Biwa, Oroshimo-cho, Kusatsu Shiga, Japan (2013-07-03)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.073889 / 135.931944 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2013-07-03)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Apr]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6/2 ;  AF-6/3  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  12-23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information ITS2 ( LC090161 ) , atpB ( LC090155 ) , psaA ( LC090156 ) , psaB ( LC090157 ) , rbcL ( LC090154 ) , psbC ( LC090158 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2016) ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; F1 strains (NIES-3785, 3786)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2013-0703-VO2  
Remarks Axenic; Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
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Related strain information
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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-732
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733  
NIES-694
Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Stream water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-872
Yamagishiella unicocca Green alga   (Freshwater) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-4259
Volvox perglobator Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Diecious ; Female ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-851
Gonium octonarium Green alga   Phototaxis  
NIES-582
Volvulina compacta Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-583  
NIES-4484
Pleodorina starrii Green alga   Freshwater Phototaxis ; F1 clone of NIES-4481×4482 ; Unisexual female  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Yamamoto, K., Kawachi, M., Takahashi, F. 2015 Delineating a new heterothallic species of Volvox (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) using new strains of “Volvox africanus”. PLoS One, 10, e0142632 (article ID).
Strain(s): 863,  3780,  3781,  3782,  3783,  3784,  3785,  3786 
PubMed: 26562165
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142632

Yamamoto, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Mori, T., Takahashi, F., Sekimoto, H., Ferris, P. J., Nozaki, H. 2017 Molecular evolutionary analysis of a gender-limited MID ortholog from the homothallic species Volvox africanus with male and monoecious spheroids. PLoS One, 12, e0180313 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3780,  3782,  3783,  3785,  3786,  3986,  4110,  4111 
PubMed: 28665990
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180313

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Repeated evolution and reversibilityof self-fertilization in the volvocinegreen algae. Evolution, 72, 386-398.
Keywords: Haploid; phylogenetics; self-fertilization; sex; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  418,  456,  458,  460,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  851,  856,  857,  872,  875,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  883,  891,  892,  1038,  1362,  1711,  1713,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782 
PubMed: 29134623
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13394

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits. Am. Nat., 192, E93-E10.
Keywords: sex; volvocine green algae; multicellularity; ancestral state; reconstruction; anisogamy; sexual dimorphism
Strain(s): 289,  418,  421,  456,  458,  460,  522,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  751,  851,  856,  857,  872,  875,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  883,  891,  892,  1038,  1362,  1711,  1713,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782 
PubMed: 30125231
DOI: 10.1086/698301

Hanschen, E. R., Davison, D. R., Ferris, P. J., Michod, R. E. 2018 On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization. Evol. Ecol. Res., 19, 299-318.
Keywords: homothallism; phylogenetics; reversion; self-fertilization; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  421,  456,  458,  460,  474,  522,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  751,  851,  856,  872,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  1038,  1122,  1140,  1148,  1156,  1157,  1362,  1708,  1711,  1713,  1859,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782,  3986,  4145,  4258,  4259,  4260 

Yamamoto, K., Hamaji, T., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, F., Nishimura, Y., Kawachi, M., Noguchi, H., Minakuchi, YY., Umen, J. G., Toyoda, A., Nozaki, H. 2021 Three genomes in the algal genus Volvox reveal the fate of a haploid sex-determining region after a transition to homothallism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 118, e2100712118 (article ID).
Keywords: Volvox; evolution; heterothallism; homothallism; sex
Strain(s): 3780,  3781,  3782,  3783,  3784,  3785,  3786 
PubMed: 34011609
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100712118

Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Ootsuki, R., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Sekimoto, H., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2021 Three sex phenotypes in a haploid algal species give insights into the evolutionary transition to a self-compatible mating system. Evolution, 75, 2984-2993.
Keywords: Haploid species; inbreeding; life-history evolution; mating systems; reproductive isolation; sex
Strain(s): 456,  460,  541,  544,  731,  732,  872,  891,  892,  1362,  1363,  2569,  3382,  3383,  3780,  3782,  4066,  4068,  4479,  4480,  4481,  4482,  4483,  4484 
PubMed: 34250602
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14306

Nozaki, H., Mahakham, W., Heman W., Matsuzaki, R., Kawachi, M. 2022 Morphology, mating system and taxonomy of Volvox africanus (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) from Thailand. Bot. Stud., 63, 1 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3780,  3781,  3782,  3783,  4467,  4468 
PubMed: 35061120
DOI: 10.1186/s40529-022-00332-1

Yamagishi, S., Yamamoto, K., Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2024 Evolutionary analysis of MID homologs during the transition from homothallic species to heterothallic species in Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyceae). Phycol. Res., 72, 46-55.
Keywords: male gamete; mating system; minus dominance gene (MID); molecular evolution; sex; sperm packet; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  456,  460,  541,  544,  545,  569,  572,  574,  582,  652,  653,  654,  732,  851,  852,  857,  872,  891,  892,  1362,  1363,  1708,  1710,  1859,  2457,  2569,  2735,  2736,  2740,  3382,  3383,  3780,  3782,  3786,  3874,  3984,  3986,  3988,  4021,  4025,  4336,  4432,  4535,  4536,  4537 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12538

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