| Strain number | NIES-4017 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Astrephomene gubernaculifera Pocock | |||
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| Former name | ||||
| Common name | Green alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Yokota, Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan (2014-07-21) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 35.389750 / 140.026722 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Sediment) | |||
| History | < Yamashita, Shota; Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Yamashita, Shota (2014-10-02) | |||
| Identified by | Yamashita, Shota | |||
| State of strain | Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic[2018 Mar] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
VTAC
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 20 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 14 D |
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| Gene information | Whole-genome ( BMAR00000000 ) , rbcL ( LC188997 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | 8 - 20 μm | |||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Mixotrophic ; Heterotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Genome decoded strain (Yamashita et al. 2021) ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting spore-forming | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : 2014-1002-YkAs8 | |||
| Remarks | Cryopreserved | |||
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Related strain information
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-419 |
Astrephomene gubernaculifera | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-418 |
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NIES-418 |
Astrephomene gubernaculifera | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-419 |
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NIES-853 |
Astrephomene gubernaculifera | Green alga | (Soil) | Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic |
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NIES-628 |
Astrephomene gubernaculifera | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) |
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NIES-854 |
Astrephomene gubernaculifera | Green alga | (Soil) | Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic |
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Related strain information
(Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-855 |
Astrephomene gubernaculifera | Green alga | (Soil) | Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic |
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NIES-564 |
Astrephomene perforata | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-565 |
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Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-432 |
Carteria radiosa | Green alga | Freshwater (Pond water) | |
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NIES-728 |
Platydorina caudata | Green alga | Freshwater (Pond water) | Phototaxis |
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NIES-566 |
Basichlamys sacculifera | Green alga | Freshwater (Pond sediment) | Phototaxis ; Single celled |
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NIES-875 |
Vitreochlamys aulata | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis |
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NIES-153 |
Desmotetra delicata | Green alga | Terrestrial (Soil) | Authentic strain (Watanabe 1983, Watanabe et al. 2006) |
| Reference |
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Yamashita, S., Arakaki, Y., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Noga, A., Hirono, M., Nozaki, H.
2016
Alternative evolution of a spheroidal colony in volvocine algae: developmental analysis of embryogenesis in Astrephomene (Volvocales, Chlorophyta).
BMC Evol. Biol.,
16,
243 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4017, 4018 PubMed: 27829356 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0794-x Yamashita, S., Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Shigekatsu, S., Yamaguchi, H., Hirooka, S., Minakuchi, Y., Miyagishima, S., Masanobu, M., Atsushi, T., Hisayoshi, N. 2021 Genome sequencing of the multicellular alga Astrephomene provides insights into convergent evolution of germ-soma differentiation. Sci Rep, 11, 22231 (article ID). Strain(s): 4017 PubMed: 34811380 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01521-x Nozaki, H., Mori, F., Tanaka, Y., Matsuzaki, R., Yamashita, S., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, K. 2023 Cryopreservation of two species of the multicellular volvocine green algal genus Astrephomene. BMC Microbiol., 23, 16 (article ID). Keywords: Asexual cycle; Astrephomene; Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectant; Culture collection; Volvocine green algae Strain(s): 418, 419, 564, 565, 628, 853, 854, 855, 4017 PubMed: 36650459 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-023-02767-3 Chen, Y., Xiong, Q., Dai, Q., Liu, G. 2025 Six newly sequenced chloroplast genomes from quadriflagellate Chlamydomonadales (Chlorophyceae): Phylogeny and comparative genome analyses. Genome Biol. Evol., 17, evaf074 (article ID). Keywords: quadriflagellate chlamydomonadaleans; phylogenomics; Corbierea; PubMed: 40247659 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf074 |
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