Strain Data
Strain number NIES-3874  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox capensis M.F.Rich & M.A.Pocock  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) A marsh connected to Ninepipe Reservoir, Montana, USA (2014-07-28)  
Latitude / Longitude 47.44041138 /  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Soil)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014-09-03)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Mixed; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Apr]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  VTAC  
Temperature:  15 C
Light intensity:  0 µmol photons/m2/sec,
Duration:  7 D  
Gene information rbcL ( LC033870 ) , psbC ( LC033872 ) , ITS1-5.8S-ITS-26S ( LC034074 ) , MID ( LC699263 ) , ac1 ( LC817980 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; When grow in light-dark condition, sexual spheroides develope to form zygotes and do not reproduce asexually to maintain the culture.  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : M1-2  
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)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-397
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398  
NIES-398
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Male ; Crosses with NIES-397  
NIES-541
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Sediment) Phototaxis  
NIES-734
 		Volvox rousseletii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-580
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-581  
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-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-4029
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-867
 		Volvox gigas Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4662
 		Volvox sp. Sagami Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Water) Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
NIES-653
 		Gonium quadratum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-652 ; F1 strains (NIES-647, 648, 649, 650)  
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-4022
 		Volvox sp. Sagami Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Oogamy ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-574
 		Pandorina morum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-575  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Ueki, N., Misumi, O., Yamamoto, K., Yamashita, S., Herron, M. D., Rosenzweig, F. 2015 Morphology and reproduction of Volvox capensis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) from Montana, USA. Phycologia, 54, 316-320.
Keywords: Monoecious species; Morphology; Pplyspermy; Reproduction; Volvox capensis; Volvox sect. Volvox
Strain(s): 3874 
DOI: 10.2216/15-14.1

Nozaki, H., Mahakham, W., Heman, W., Matsuzaki, R., Kawachi, M. 2020 A new preferentially outcrossing monoicous species of Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyta) from Thailand. PLoS One, 15, e0235622 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2736,  2740,  3382,  3383,  3874,  4021,  4336,  4432,  4433,  4434,  4435,  4436 
PubMed: 32614898
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235622

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

Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Shimotori, K., Ueki, N., Heman, W., Mahakham, W., Yamaguchi, H., Tanabe, Y., Kawachi, M. 2024 Two species of the green algae Volvox sect. Volvox from the Japanese ancient lake, Lake Biwa. PLoS One, 19, e0310549 (article ID).
Strain(s): 543,  2736,  2740,  3874,  4021,  4022,  4258,  4259,  4336,  4337,  4434,  4661,  4662 
PubMed: 39312548
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310549

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