Strain Data
Strain number NIES-3988  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox ferrisii Isaka, Matsuzaki & Nozaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) A small pond to Isanuma Pond, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan (2015-05-02)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.92161111 / 139.51483333 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Pond water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2015-05-02)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Apr]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  VTAC  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  12 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC185090 ) , rbcL ( LC191325 ) , psbC ( LC191335 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012, J. Phycol.)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2015-0502-VVx2-1  
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-2739
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Isaka 2012) ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012)  
NIES-4029
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-2736
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012)  
NIES-2737
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012) ; F2 strain (NIES-3986)  
NIES-4465
 		Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012, J. Phycol.)  
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-241
 		Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond sediment) Phototaxis ; Fertility lost  
NIES-732
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733  
NIES-3782
 		Volvox reticuliferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2016) ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; F1 strains (NIES-3785, 3786)  
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-397
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4023
 		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-1708
 		Gonium multicoccum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Resting spore-forming ; Homothallic ; Isogamous  
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-1859
 		Yamagishiella unicocca Green alga   Freshwater (Soil) Planktonic ; Cosmopolitan ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-1861 ; F2 strains (NIES-3982, 3983)  
NIES-1362
 		Pleodorina starrii Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Anisogamous ; Female  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Ueki, N., Isaka, N., Saigo, T., Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, F., Wakabayashi, K-I., Kawachi, M. 2016 A new morphological type of Volvox from japanese large lakes and recent divergence of this type and V. ferrisii in two different freshwater habitats. PLoS One, 11, e0167148 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2736,  2737,  3987,  3988,  4021,  4022,  4023,  4024,  4025,  4026,  4027,  4028 
PubMed: 27880842
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167148

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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