Strain Data

Strain number		NIES-289
Phylum		Chlorophyta
Class		Chlorophyceae
Scientific name		Gonium viridistellatum M.Watanabe
Synonym
Former name
Common name		Green alga
Locality (Date of collection)		Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan (1973-06-**)
Latitude / Longitude		26.352722 / 127.807419
Habitat (Isolation source)		Freshwater (Paddy soil)
History		< Watanabe, Masayuki
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Watanabe, Masayuki
Identified by		Watanabe, Masayuki
State of strain		Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: AF-6 Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 4 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 2 M
Gene information		atpB ( AB076119 ) , psaA ( AB076141 ) , psbC ( AB076173 ) , psaB ( AB076156 ) , rbcL ( AB076091 ) , ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( AB520752 )
Cell size (min - max)
Organization		Colonial; Flagellate
Characteristics		Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-288
Other strain no.		Other strain no. : G3
Remarks		Axenic
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Related strain information (Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-737	Gonium multicoccum	Green alga		Phototaxis ; F1 clone of UTEX 2579
NIES-1710	Gonium pectorale	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-1711 ; F1 strains (NIES-4121, 4499-4502) ; F3 strain (NIES-2863)
NIES-468	Gonium pectorale	Green alga	Freshwater (Pond water)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-469
NIES-288	Gonium viridistellatum	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-289 and 290
NIES-2863	Gonium pectorale	Green alga	Freshwater	Mixotrophic ; Osmotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Genome decoded strain (Hamaji et al. 2013) ; F3 backcross strain to K41 (originating from K41 x K32 (F1 strains of NIES-1710 x 1711)) ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Resting spore-forming

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-469	Gonium pectorale	Green alga	Freshwater (Pond water)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-468
NIES-2455	Gonium maiaprilis	Green alga	Freshwater (Soil)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Resting spore-forming
NIES-654	Gonium viridistellatum	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)
NIES-290	Gonium viridistellatum	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-288

Related strain information (Used in same reference)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-182	Closterium moniliferum	Desmid	Freshwater (Sediment)	Heterothallic: Mating type (+) ; Crossing with NIES-183
NIES-147	Hyalotheca dissiliens	Desmid	Freshwater (Pond sediment)	Heterothallic ; Crosses with NIES-148
NIES-474	Lobomonas monstruosa	Green alga	Freshwater (Pond water)
NIES-139	Gonatozygon brebissonii	Desmid	Freshwater
NIES-212	Pediastrum duplex	Green alga	Freshwater (Lake water)

Reference
Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55. Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 257, 259, 261, 263, 266, 267, 268, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 329, 334, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 390, 394, 396, 397, 398, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464, 468, 469, 474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 604, 610, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 672, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729 Nozaki, H. 1989 Morphological variation and reproduction in Gonium viridistellatum (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia, 28, 77-88. Strain(s): 288, 289, 290, 654, 655 DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-28-1-77.1 Nozaki, H., Takahara, M., Nakazawa, A., Kita, Y., Yamada, T., Takano, H., Kawano, S., Kato, M. 2002 Evolution of rbcL group IA introns and intron open reading frames within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 23, 326-338. Strain(s): 289, 418, 582, 654, 857, 875, 883, 891, 892 PubMed: 12099791 DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00030-1 Watanabe, M. 1977 A preliminary study of Gonium viridistellatum sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, Volvocaceae). Bull. Jpn. Soc. Phycol., 25, *Suppl. (Mem. Iss. Yamada),* 379-384. Strain(s): 288, 289, 290 Yamada, T., Nakada, T., Miyaji, K., Nozaki, H. 2006 Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) newly found in Japan. J. Jpn. Bot., 81, 139-147. Keywords: Chlorophyceae; Gonium multicoccum; ITS2; rbcL; Volvocales Strain(s): 289, 569, 572, 653, 654, 851, 857, 1038, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1711, 1713 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 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

Reference

Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 257, 259, 261, 263, 266, 267, 268, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 329, 334, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 390, 394, 396, 397, 398, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464, 468, 469, 474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 604, 610, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 672, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729

Nozaki, H. 1989 Morphological variation and reproduction in Gonium viridistellatum (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia, 28, 77-88.
Strain(s): 288, 289, 290, 654, 655
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-28-1-77.1

Nozaki, H., Takahara, M., Nakazawa, A., Kita, Y., Yamada, T., Takano, H., Kawano, S., Kato, M. 2002 Evolution of rbcL group IA introns and intron open reading frames within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 23, 326-338.
Strain(s): 289, 418, 582, 654, 857, 875, 883, 891, 892
PubMed: 12099791
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00030-1

Watanabe, M. 1977 A preliminary study of Gonium viridistellatum sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, Volvocaceae). Bull. Jpn. Soc. Phycol., 25, Suppl. (Mem. Iss. Yamada), 379-384.
Strain(s): 288, 289, 290

Yamada, T., Nakada, T., Miyaji, K., Nozaki, H. 2006 Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) newly found in Japan. J. Jpn. Bot., 81, 139-147.
Keywords: Chlorophyceae; Gonium multicoccum; ITS2; rbcL; Volvocales
Strain(s): 289, 569, 572, 653, 654, 851, 857, 1038, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1711, 1713

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

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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