Strain number NIES-4270  
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) Mueang Phia, Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand (2015-11-30)  
Latitude / Longitude 16.1747833 / 102.67855 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Bog water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2015-11-30)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  24 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  21 D  
Gene information psbC ( LC427116 ) , psaA ( LC427117 ) , psaB ( LC427118 ) , atpB ( LC427119 ) , rbcL ( LC427120 ) , ITS2 ( LC427121 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2015-1130-VVx16  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
Movie  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-694
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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)  
NIES-4029
Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-867
Volvox gigas Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-731
Volvox zeikusii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2019)  
NIES-882
Vitreochlamys ordinata Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis  
NIES-4127
Volvox powersii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-571
Tetrabaena socialis Green alga   Freshwater (Pond sediment) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Isogamous ; Genome decoded strain (Featherston et al. 2017)  
NIES-868
Volvox obversus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Male  
Reference
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

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): 54454556457157457671772873073173486786888289117112569378037854029412742704662 
PubMed: 39277710
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1

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