| Strain number | NIES-4284 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Chloromonas muramotoi Matsuzaki, Nozaki & Kawachi | |||
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| Former name | ||||
| Common name | Green alga ; Snow alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | the Hakkoda Botanical Garden of Tohoku University, Mt. Hakkoda, Aomori, Aomori, Japan (2012-05-16) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 40.646944 / 140.851389 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Terrestrial (Snow) | |||
| History | < Matsuzaki, Ryo | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Matsuzaki, Ryo (2012-03-23) | |||
| Identified by | Matsuzaki, Ryo | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
AF-6
Temperature: 5 C Light intensity: 51 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 3 M |
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| Gene information | 18S rRNA ( LC438435 ) , 28S rRNA ( LC438439 ) , atpB ( LC438443 ) , psaB ( LC438447 ) , rbcL ( LC438451 ) , ITS2 ( LC438455 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | 12 - 19 μm | |||
| Organization | Unicellular; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Cryophilic ; Authentic strain (Matsuzaki et al. 2019) | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : HkCl-57 | |||
| Remarks | Fragile species to temperature changes | |||
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-2201 |
Chloromonas actinochloris | Green alga | Hydrogen evolution | |
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NIES-2563 |
Chloromonas pseudoplatyrhyncha | Green alga | Freshwater (Sediment) | |
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NIES-2862 |
Chloromonas kasaiae | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Matsuzaki et al. 2013) |
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NIES-2379 |
Chloromonas miwae | Green alga ; Snow alga | Terrestrial (Snow) | Stenothermal ; Cryophilic |
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NIES-2215 |
Chloromonas difformis | Green alga | Freshwater (Pond water) | Phototaxis |
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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-4452 |
Chloromonas fukushimae | Green alga ; Snow alga | Terrestrial (Snow) | Cryophilic ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Life cycle (Matsuzaki et al. 2020) |
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NIES-158 |
Chloromonas augustae | Green alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Authentic strain |
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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-464 |
Gloeomonas lateperforata | Green alga | Freshwater (Pond water) | |
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NIES-2380 |
Chloromonas miwae | Green alga ; Snow alga | Terrestrial (Snow) | Stenothermal ; Cryophilic |
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NIES-425 |
Carteria cerasiformis | Green alga | Freshwater (Pond water) | Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 1994) ; Genome decoded strain (Lemieux et al. 2015) |
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NIES-2242 |
Chlamydomonas sphaeroides | Green alga | Phototaxis ; Genome decoded strain (Hirashima et al. 2016) | |
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NIES-2243 |
Chloromonas typhlos | Green alga | (Soil) | Phototaxis |
| Reference |
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Matsuzaki, R., Nozaki, H., Takeuchi, N., Hara, Y., Kawachi, M.
2019
Taxonomic re-examination of “Chloromonas nivalis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) zygotes” from Japan and description of C. muramotoi sp. nov.
PLoS One,
14,
e0210986 (article ID).
Strain(s): 464, 2379, 2380, 2563, 2862, 3389, 3707, 3753, 4284 PubMed: 30677063 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210986 Matsuzaki, R., Suzuki, S., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Kanesaki, Y., Yoshikawa, H., Mori, T., Nozaki, H. 2021 The Rubisco small subunits in the green algal genus Chloromonas provide insights into evolutionary loss of the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle, the pyrenoid. BMC Ecol. Evol., 21, 11 (article ID). Keywords: Chloromonas; Evolution; Green algae; Hydrophobicity of RBCS helices; Pyrenoid; Pyrenoid loss; Rubisco small subunit (RBCS) Strain(s): 144, 424, 425, 2207, 2212, 2215, 2242, 2243, 2499, 3753, 4284 PubMed: 33514317 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01733-1 Procházková, L., Matsuzaki, R., Řezanka, T., Nedbalová, L., Remias, D. 2023 The snow alga Chloromonas kaweckae sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) causes green surface blooms in the High Tatras (Slovakia) and tolerates high irradiance. J. Phycol., 59, 236-248. Keywords: biodiversity; cryoflora; environmental sample; fatty acids; fluorometry; vegetative stages Strain(s): 2379, 3753, 4284, 4476 PubMed: 36461636 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13307 Barcytė, D. & Eliáš, M. 2025 Characterization of Lercomonas mokradensis gen. et sp. nov. enriches the phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity of Chloromonadinia (Chlorophyceae). Phycologia, 64, 71-83. Strain(s): 447, 464, 2215, 2243, 2379, 2563, 2862, 3389, 3707, 3753, 4284, 4476 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2025.2471620 |
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