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Strain number NIES-229  
Phylum Streptophyta  
Class Zygnematophyceae  
Scientific name Closterium ehrenbergii Meneghini ex Ralfs  
Synonym Closterium gigas F.Gay; Closterium robustum W.N.Hastings 1892  
Former name  
Common name Desmid  
Locality (Date of collection) Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan (1975-12-04)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.437621 / 139.393061 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Ichimura, Terunobu  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ichimura, Terunobu  
Identified by Ichimura, Terunobu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  C  
Temperature:  20 (20) C
Light intensity:  4-8 (13-21) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M (1 M)  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AY148821 ) , 5.8S-ITS2-28S ( AY148898 ) , scdip-1mRNA ( AB066448 )  
Cell size (min - max) 75 - 500 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Mating group B ; Crossing with NIES-228  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KK-33-6  
Remarks Axenic 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
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-258
Closterium aciculare Desmid   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crossing with NIES-259 and 260  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-185
Closterium pusillum Desmid   Freshwater (Pond sediment) Heterothallic  
NIES-164
Closterium calosporum Desmid   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Heterothallic: Mating type (+) ; Crossing with NIES-163 and 166  
NIES-690
Graesiella emersonii Green alga   Freshwater Authentic strain of Chlorella emersonii Shihira & Krauss  
NIES-574
Pandorina morum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-575  
NIES-584
Volvulina steinii Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-585  
Reference
Fukumoto, R., Dohmae, N., Takio, K., Satoh, S., Fujii, T., Sekimoto, H. 2002 Purification and characterization of a pheromone that induces sexual cell division in the unicellular green alga Closterium ehrenbergii. Plant Physiol. Biochem., 40, 183-188.
Keywords: Closterium ehrenbergii; pheromone; sexual reproduction
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(01)01356-0

Fukumoto, R., Fujii, T., Sekimoto, H. 1997 Detection and evaluation of a novel sexual pheromone that induces sexual cell division of Closterium ehrenbergii (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol., 33, 441-445.
Keywords: Chlorophyta; Closterium ehrenbergii; conjugation; gametogenesis; gamete; pheromone; protoplast-release-inducing protein; sexual cell division
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00441.x

Fukumoto, R., Fujii, T., Sekimoto, H. 1998 A newly identified chemotactic sexual pheromone from Closterium ehrenbergii. Sex. Plant Reprod., 11, 81-85.
Keywords: Closterium ehrenbergii; chemoattractant; conjugation; sexual pheromone; protoplast-release inducing protein
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1007/s0049700501

Hino, S. 1991 An examination of algal bioassay method for agricultural chemicals and heavy metals in a water environment. Hokkaido Kankyô Kagaku Kenkyû Sentâ Syohô, 18, 41-49 (in Japanese with English summary).
Strain(s): 228229 

Ichimura, T. 1981 Mating types and reproductive isolation in Closterium ehrenbergii Meneghini. Bot. Mag. Tokyo, 94, 325-334.
Keywords: biosystematic study; Closterium ehrenbergii; mating group; mating type; reproductive isolation
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1007/BF02493393

Ichimura, T. 1983 Hybrid inviability and predominant survival of mating type minus progeny in laboratory crosses between two closely related mating groups of Closterium ehrenbergii. Evolution, 37, 252-260.
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.2307/2408334

Ichimura, T. & Kasai, F. 1984 Post-zygotic isolation between allopatric mating groups of Closterium ehrenbergii Meneghini (Conjugato-phyceae). Phycologia, 23, 77-85.
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-23-1-77.1

Ichimura, T. & Kasai, F. 1984 Time lapse analyses of sexual reproduction in Closterium ehrenbergii (Conjugatophyceae). J. Phycol., 20, 258-265.
Keywords: Closterium ehrenbergii; conjugation; desmids; mating type; sexual reproduction
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1984.00258.x

Ichimura, T. & Kasai, F. 1987 Time-lapse analyses of sexual isolation between two closely related mating groups of the Closterium ehrenbergii species complex (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol., 23, 523-534.
Keywords: Closterium ehrenbergii; desmids; mating group; multiple-choice mating; no-choice mating; sexual interactions; sexual isolation; time-lapse photomicrography
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1987.tb04201.x

Kasai, F. & Ichimura, T. 1986 Morphological variabilities of three closely related mating groups of Closterium ehrenbergii Meneghini (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol., 22, 158-168.
Keywords: cell shape and size; clonal culture; Closterium ehrenbergii; mating group; morphological variability; statistical analysis
Strain(s): 171228229 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1986.tb04159.x

Kasai, F. & Ichimura, T. 1990 Temperature optima of three closely related mating groups of the Closterium ehrenbergii (Chlorophyta) species complex. Phycologia, 29, 396-402.
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-29-4-396.1

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): 192122232425262728293031323334353637383940414445465051525354555658596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261263266267268287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310312313329334337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

Ogawa, S. & Hirota, K. 2000 Disintegration of chloroplasts during zygote maturation in Closterium ehrenbergii (Zygnematales, Chlorophyta). Int. J. Plant Sci., 161, 609-614.
Keywords: chloroplast; Closterium; conjugation; disintegration of chloroplast; Zygnematales; zygote maturation
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1086/314287

Ogawa, S., Iokawa, Y., Oba, T., Watanabe, T. 1999 Application of low-vacuum scanning electron microscope (LV SEM) to the classes for plankton observation. Bull. Joetsu Univ. Educ., 19, 99-109 (in Japanese with English summary).
Keywords: freeze-drying method; low-vacuum scanning electron microscope (LV SEM); plankton; scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Strain(s): 229 

Fukumoto, R., Fujii, T., Sekimoto, H. 2003 Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a sexual cell division-inducing pheromone from a unicellular green alga Closterium ehrenbergii. J. Phycol., 39, 931-936.
Keywords: Closterium; conjugation; pheromone; sexual reproduction; RACE-PCR
Strain(s): 228229 
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.03004.x

Sekimoto, H. 2000 Intercellular communication during sexual reproduction of Closterium (Conjugatophyceae). J. Plant Res., 113, 343-352.
Keywords: chemotaxis; Closterium; conjugation; mating; sex pheromone; sexual reproduction
Strain(s): 6465228229 
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013941

Ciniglia, C., Cascone, C., Giudice, R. L., Pinto, G., Pollio, A. 2005 Application of methods for assessing the geno- and cytotoxicity of Triclosan to C. ehrenbergii. J. Hazard. Mater., 122, 227-232.
Keywords: Closterium ehrenbergii; Triclosan; sexual reproduction; vegetative reproduction; comet assay
Strain(s): 228229 
PubMed: 15967278
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.03.002

Denboh, T., Ichimura, T., Hendrayanti, D., Coleman, A. W. 2003 Closterium moniliferum-ehrenbergii (Charophyceae, Chlorophyta) species complex viewed from the 1506 Group I intron and ITS2 of nuclear rDNA. J. Phycol., 39, 960-977.
Keywords: biological species; Closterium; group I introns; ITS2; mating group; molecular phylogeny; speciation
Strain(s): 172173174182183228229 
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02145.x

Tsuchikane, Y., Ito, M., Sekimoto, H. 2008 Reproductive isolation by sex pheromones in the Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex (Zygnematales, Charophyceae). J. Phycol., 44, 1197-1203.
Keywords: Closterium; conjugation; pheromone; reproductive isolation; sexual reproduction
Strain(s): 53545859646567686970229261 
PubMed: 27041716
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00577.x

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