Strain number NIES-4476  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Chloromonas kaweckae Procházková & Matsuzaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Snow alga  
Locality (Date of collection) the upper part of Malá Studená Valley, High Tatras, Slovakia (2018-06-16)  
Latitude / Longitude 49.191916667 / 20.193800000 
Habitat (Isolation source) Snow (Snow)  
History < Remias, Daniel  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Remias, Daniel  
Identified by Procházková, Lenka  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  5 C
Light intensity:  34 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC683781 ) , 28S rRNA ( LC683782 ) , 5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC683783 ) , rbcL ( LC683784 ) , atpB ( LC683785 ) , pasB ( LC683786 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Cryophilic ; Authentic strain, Holotype (Procházková et al. 2023)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : CCCryo 557-22
Other strain no. : WP187  
Remarks Axenic 
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NIES-158
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NIES-3389
Chloromonas fukushimae Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Authentic strain (Matsuzaki et al. 2014) ; Cryophilic ; Life cycle (Matsuzaki et al. 2020)  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3707
Ixipapillifera pauromitos Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Authentic strain (Nakada et al. 2016) ; Type specimen (NIES-50010, Holotype)  
NIES-447
Gloeomonas anomalipyrenoides Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Planktonic ; Authentic strain (Nakada et al. 2015)  
NIES-464
Gloeomonas lateperforata Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water)  
NIES-2379
Chloromonas miwae Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Stenothermal ; Cryophilic  
NIES-3753
Chloromonas krienitzii Green alga ; Snow alga   Terrestrial (Snow) Cryophilic ; Authentic strain (Matsuzaki et al. 2015)  
Reference
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): 2379375342844476 
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): 4474642215224323792563286233893707375342844476 
DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2025.2471620

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