Strain number NIES-3785  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox reticuliferus Nozaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) (----)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014-12-15)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Apr]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6/3  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  12-23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BNCP00000000 ) , sex determining region ( LC582539 LC586643 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; F1 progeny strain of NIES-3781, 3782 and 3783 ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2021)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : VO123-F1-6  
Remarks Axenic; Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-543
Volvox kirkiorum Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-4029
Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-241
Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond sediment) Phototaxis ; Fertility lost  
NIES-3780
Volvox africanus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious with male ; Oogamy ; F1 strain (NIES-3784) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2021)  
NIES-732
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4127
Volvox powersii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-882
Vitreochlamys ordinata Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis  
NIES-3986
Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; F2 progeny of NIES-2737 ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012, J. Phycol.)  
NIES-867
Volvox gigas Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
NIES-544
Volvox tertius Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic  
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): 8633780378137823783378437853786 
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): 37803782378337853786398641104111 
PubMed: 28665990
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180313

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): 3780378137823783378437853786 
PubMed: 34011609
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100712118

Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Mahakham, W., Heman, W., Sekimoto, H., Kawachi, M., Minakuchi, Y., Toyoda, A., Nozaki, H. 2023 Expanded male sex-determining region conserved during the evolution of homothallism in the green alga Volvox. iScience, 26, 106893 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3780378537864468 
PubMed: 37378338
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106893

Ueki, N. & Wakabayashi, K. 2025 Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 119 (article ID).
Strain(s): 54454556457157457671772873073173486786888289117112569378037854029412742704662 
PubMed: 39277710
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1

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