| Strain number | NIES-4026 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Volvox sagami Nozaki & N.Ueki | |||
| Synonym | ||||
| Former name | Formerly identified as Volvox sp. Sagami, named based on Nozaki et al. 2026[2026 June] | |||
| Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Miya-ike Pond, Otsu, Shiga, Japan (2015-06-29) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 35.136197 / 135.907338 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Pond water) | |||
| History | < Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2015-06-30) | |||
| Identified by | Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
AF-6
;
VTAC
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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| Gene information | ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( LC191315 ) , rbcL ( LC191323 ) , psbC ( LC191333 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | 10 - 60 μm | |||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Oogamy ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting zygote forming | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : 15-630-VVx4 | |||
| Remarks | Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic | |||
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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-397 |
Volvox carteri | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy water) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398 |
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NIES-398 |
Volvox carteri | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy water) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Male ; Crosses with NIES-397 |
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NIES-541 |
Volvox aureus | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Sediment) | Phototaxis |
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NIES-734 |
Volvox rousseletii | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater | Phototaxis |
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NIES-580 |
Volvox carteri | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-581 |
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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-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) |
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NIES-4029 |
Volvox ferrisii | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Pond water) | Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming |
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NIES-694 |
Volvox aureus | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Stream water) | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy |
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NIES-732 |
Volvox carteri | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733 |
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NIES-241 |
Volvox aureus | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Pond sediment) | Phototaxis ; Fertility lost |
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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-4023 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Lake water) | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Oogamy ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting zygote forming |
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NIES-4028 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Lake water) | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious |
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NIES-3987 |
Volvox ferrisii | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012, J. Phycol.) |
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NIES-4662 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Water) | Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious |
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NIES-4593 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Reservoir water) | Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious |
| Reference |
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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 Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, K., Yamamoto, K., Suzuki, S., Ootsuki, R., Kawachi, M., Tanabe, Y., Ueki, N. 2026 Molecular and morphological delineations of two homothallic monoicous species, Volvox sagami sp. nov. and V. ferrisii (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) in Japan. Phycologia, 65, 189-198. Keywords: Chlorophyta; nuclear genes phylogeny; reproductive isolation; sexual reproduction; Taxonomyvol; vocine algae Strain(s): 2736, 2737, 2739, 3987, 3988, 4021, 4022, 4026, 4029, 4465, 4534, 4536, 4537, 4593, 4661, 4662 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2026.2683158 |
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