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| Strain number | NIES-4029 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Volvox ferrisii Isaka, Matsuzaki & Nozaki | |||
| Synonym | ||||
| Former name | Volvox rousseletii | |||
| Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Machi-ike Pond, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (1998-06-**) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 36.144528 / 140.134917 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Pond water) | |||
| History | < Ueki, Noriko | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Ueki, Noriko (1998-06-**) | |||
| Identified by | Ueki, Noriko (Reidentify) | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
AF-6
;
VTAC
Temperature: 22 C Light intensity: 21 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 14 D |
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| Gene information | 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( GU325798 ) , psaB ( GU325794 ) , psaA ( GU325792 ) , rbcL ( GU325796 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | 300 - 1000 μm | |||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : MI01 | |||
| Remarks | Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic | |||
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
NIES-541
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Volvox aureus | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Sediment) | Phototaxis |
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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 |
NIES-397
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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-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
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-574 |
Pandorina morum | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-575 |
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NIES-867 |
Volvox gigas | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female | |
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NIES-882 |
Vitreochlamys ordinata | Green alga | Freshwater (Lake water) | Phototaxis |
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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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NIES-4270 |
Volvox dissipatrix | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Bog water) | Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious |
| Reference |
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Ueki, N., Matsunaga, S., Inouye, I., Hallmann, A.
2010
How 5000 independent rowers coordinate their strokes in order to row into the sunlight: Phototaxis in the multicellular green alga Volvox.
BMC Biol.,
8,
103 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4029 PubMed: 20663212 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-103 Ueki, N., Wakabayashi, K. 2018 Detergent-extracted Volvox model exhibits an anterior–posterior gradient in flagellar Ca2+ sensitivity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 115, E1061-E1068 (article ID). Keywords: flagella; calcium; phototaxis; Volvox Strain(s): 4029 PubMed: 29311312 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715489115 Ueki, N. & Wakabayashi, K. 2025 Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 119 (article ID). Strain(s): 544, 545, 564, 571, 574, 576, 717, 728, 730, 731, 734, 867, 868, 882, 891, 1711, 2569, 3780, 3785, 4029, 4127, 4270, 4662 PubMed: 39277710 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1 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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