Strain number NIES-4337  
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 ( LC493798 LC817958 ) , act ( LC817969 ) , rbcL ( LC817983 ) , psbC ( LC817989 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Dioecious ; Heterothallic ; Female  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2015-0610-3v7  
Remarks 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
Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Stream water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy  
NIES-580
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-581  
NIES-732
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733  
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-397
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2740
Volvox kirkiorum Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Mixotrophic ; Osmotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Isaka 2012) ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-4434
Volvox longispiniferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Reservoir water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
NIES-3874
Volvox capensis Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Soil) Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; When grow in light-dark condition, sexual spheroides develope to form zygotes and do not reproduce asexually to maintain the culture.  
NIES-4259
Volvox perglobator Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Diecious ; Female ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-4341
Volvox rousseletii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Reservoir water) Phototaxis ; Dioecious ; Heterothallic ; Male  
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., 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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