Strain number NIES-4128  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox dissipatrix (W.R.Shaw) Printz  
Synonym Copelandosphaera dissipatrix W.R.Shaw  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Marburg, Australia  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < Starr, R. C.  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Starr, R. C.  
Identified by  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Oct]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  24 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information psbC ( AB214423 ) , psaB ( AB214422 ) , psaA ( AB214421 ) , rbcL ( AB214420 ) , atpB ( AB214419 ) , ITS2 ( LC427122 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Monoecious  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Marb. 2RS 29  
Remarks Axenic; Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-694
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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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Volvox gigas Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
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NIES-1362
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NIES-568
Eudorina elegans Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
NIES-893
Volvulina boldii Green alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-564
Astrephomene perforata Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-565  
NIES-722
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Reference
Starr, R. C. 1968 Cellular differentiation in Volvox. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 59, 1082-1088.
Strain(s): 4128 
PubMed: 5242240
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.59.4.1082

Nozaki, H., Takusagawa, M., Matsuzaki, R., Misumi, O., Mahakham, W., Kawachi, M. 2019 Morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of Volvox dissipatrix (Chlorophyceae) from Thailand, with a description of Volvox zeikusii sp. nov. Phycologia, 58, 192-199.
Keywords: Heterothallic species; Homothallic species; Molecular phylogeny; Sexuality; Somatic cell; Transmission electron microscopy
Strain(s): 73141284270 
DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2018.1540238

Lindsey, C. R., Rosenzweing, F., Herron, M. D. 2021 Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae. BMC Biol., 19, 182 (article ID).
Keywords: Phylotranscriptomics; Volvocine algae; Green algae; Phylogeny; Multicellularity
Strain(s): 41845645846054154354456456656857258265365471771972072272572873073273673785185686386786887888289089389513621363256928633383412641274128 
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.16.435725

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