Strain number NIES-4478  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorodendrophyceae  
Scientific name Tetraselmis sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Pachena Beach, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada (2010-06-18)  
Latitude / Longitude 48.792527 /  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Yubuki, Naoji  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Yubuki, Naoji (2010-06-24)  
Identified by Yubuki, Naoji  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  IMK  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  3 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Genome ( PRJDB35574 )  
Cell size (min - max) 6 - 11 μm  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Prey for Rapaza viridis NIES-4477  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : PRA-361 (ATCC)  
Remarks Axenic 
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NIES-2572
Tetraselmis subcordiformis   Marine  
NIES-18
Tetraselmis cordiformis   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Starch production (Shimonaga, T. 2008)  
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NIES-1320
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NIES-1334
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Reference
Kashiyama, Y. et al. 2019 Taming chlorophylls by early eukaryotes underpinned algal interactions and the diversification of the eukaryotes on the oxygenated Earth. ISME J., 13, 1899-1910.
Strain(s): 825427428632433135338149462362499710121013101513201330133313341335137213771388139013961397140814381439144119642008214221442149230023052325243324982502256625842586258925902677287833563374377544774478 
PubMed: 30809012
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0377-0

Yamaguchi, A., Yubuki, N., Leander, B. S. 2012 Morphostasis in a novel eukaryote illuminates the evolutionary transition from phagotrophy to phototrophy: description of Rapaza viridis n. gen. et sp. (Euglenozoa, Euglenida). BMC Evol. Biol., 12, 29 (article ID).
Strain(s): 44774478 
PubMed: 22401606
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-29

Kashiyama, Y., Maruyama, M., Nakazawa, M., Kagamoto, T., Imanishi, H., Yamamoto, S., Inoue, M., Onuma, R., Tanifuji, G., Ashida, H., Inada, N., Awai, K., Miyagishima, S. 2026 Transient molecular chimerism for exploiting xenogeneic organelles. Nat. Commun., 17, 2371 (article ID).
Strain(s): 44774478 
PubMed: 41876518
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70516-x

Yanagihara, Y., Kashiyama, Y., Nakazawa, M. 2026 Species-specific prey preference and behavioral responses to Tetraselmis chloroplast donors in the euglenoid Rapaza viridis. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol., 73, e70077 (article ID).
Keywords: behavioral filtering; kleptoplasty; prey selectivity; Rapaza viridis; Tetraselmis
Strain(s): 142914301432143425722855285644774478 
PubMed: 41846251
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.70077

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