Strain number NIES-4124  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Stephanosphaera pluvialis Cohn  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < Starr, R. C.  
Isolator (Date of isolation)  
Identified by  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  24 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  45 D  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC066328 ) , ITS-5.8S-ITS2 ( LC095631 ) , 26S rRNA, ( LC066339 ) , atpB ( LC066351 ) , psaB ( LC066358 ) , rbcL ( LC066365 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 771
 
Remarks Cryopreserved 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-432
Carteria radiosa Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water)  
NIES-567
Characiochloris sasae Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Authentic strain ; Aplanospore forming  
NIES-2293
Hamakko caudatus Green alga   Freshwater (Soil) Authentic strain (Nakada, T. et al. 2009)  
NIES-1048
Chlamydomonas noctigama Green alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-968
Chlamydomonas kuwadae Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis  
Reference
Munakata, H., Nakada, T., Nakahigashi, K., Nozaki, H., Tomita, M. 2016 Phylogenetic position and molecular chronology of a colonial green flagellate, Stephanosphaera pluvialis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), among unicellular algae. J. Eucaryot. Microbiol., 63, 340-348.
Keywords: Balticola; coloniality; divergence time; evolution; molecular phylogeny
Strain(s): 12314442142843243944656756957165686188796810482293256441244125 
PubMed: 26595722
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12283

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