Strain number NIES-4336  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox rousseletii G.S.West  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Sagami, Kanagawa, Japan (2015-06-10)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.61041 / 139.18583 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Reservoir water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2015-05-10)  
Identified by Kinbara, Ryosuke; Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic[2024 Jul]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6/3AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  24-26 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC493797 ) , rbcL ( LC493808 ) , psbC ( LC493810 ) , act1 ( LC817968 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Dioecious ; Heterothallic ; Male  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2015-0610-3v6  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
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Related strain information
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Related strain information
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-398
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Male ; Crosses with NIES-397  
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-694
Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Stream water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy  
NIES-732
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733  
NIES-865
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3782
Volvox reticuliferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2016) ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; F1 strains (NIES-3785, 3786)  
NIES-2735
Eudorina sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Mixotrophic ; Osmotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Anisogamous, Mating type (male) ; Resting zygote forming (Yamada et al. 2008) ; F1 strains (NIES-3984, 3985, 4018, 4100)  
NIES-545
Volvulina steinii Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-546  
NIES-544
Volvox tertius Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic  
NIES-4433
Volvox longispiniferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Reservoir water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain, Holotype (Nozaki et al. 2020) ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
Reference
Kimbara, R., Isaka, N., Matsuzaki, R., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Kawachi, M., Nozaki, H. 2019 Morphological and molecular identification of the dioecious “African species Volvox rousseletii (Chlorophyceae) in the water column of a Japanese lake based on field-collected and cultured materials. PLoS One, 14, e0221632 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4336433743384339434043414342 
PubMed: 31465476
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221632

Nozaki, H., Mahakham, W., Heman, W., Matsuzaki, R., Kawachi, M. 2020 A new preferentially outcrossing monoicous species of Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyta) from Thailand. PLoS One, 15, e0235622 (article ID).
Strain(s): 273627403382338338744021433644324433443444354436 
PubMed: 32614898
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235622

Yamagishi, S., Yamamoto, K., Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2024 Evolutionary analysis of MID homologs during the transition from homothallic species to heterothallic species in Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyceae). Phycol. Res., 72, 46-55.
Keywords: male gamete; mating system; minus dominance gene (MID); molecular evolution; sex; sperm packet; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 28945646054154454556957257458265265365473285185285787289189213621363170817101859245725692735273627403382338337803782378638743984398639884021402543364432453545364537 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12538

Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Shimotori, K., Ueki, N., Heman, W., Mahakham, W., Yamaguchi, H., Tanabe, Y., Kawachi, M. 2024 Two species of the green algae Volvox sect. Volvox from the Japanese ancient lake, Lake Biwa. PLoS One, 19, e0310549 (article ID).
Strain(s): 543273627403874402140224258425943364337443446614662 
PubMed: 39312548
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310549

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