Strain number NIES-4480  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Pleodorina starrii Nozaki, Ott & Coleman  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Tsukui, Kanagawa, Japan (2013-06-14)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.611967 / 139.188750 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Reservoir water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2013-06-14)  
Identified by Kohei, Takahashi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  VTACAF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information rbcL ( MN606059 ) , psbH-psaA intergenic spacer region ( MN606064 ) , PlestMID ( MN606069 ) , PlestMID cDNA ( MN606070 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Unisexual male  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2013-0614-P7  
Remarks  
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-577
Pleodorina japonica Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Anisogamou  
NIES-735
Pleodorina californica Green alga   (Freshwater) Phototaxis  
NIES-576
Pleodorina japonica Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis  
NIES-736
Pleodorina indica Green alga   (Soil) Phototaxis  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-892
Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy  
NIES-4479
Pleodorina starrii Green alga   Freshwater (Reservoir water) Phototaxis ; Bisexual strain ; Genome decoded strain (Takahashi et al. 2003)  
NIES-456
Eudorina elegans Green alga   Freshwater (Moat water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (male) ; Crosses with NIES-457  
NIES-4066
Pleodorina sphaerica Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious  
NIES-731
Volvox zeikusii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2019)  
Reference
Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Ootsuki, R., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Sekimoto, H., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2021 Three sex phenotypes in a haploid algal species give insights into the evolutionary transition to a self-compatible mating system. Evolution, 75, 2984-2993.
Keywords: Haploid species; inbreeding; life-history evolution; mating systems; reproductive isolation; sex
Strain(s): 456460541544731732872891892136213632569338233833780378240664068447944804481448244834484 
PubMed: 34250602
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14306

Takahashi, K., Suzuki, S., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Yamamoto, K., Hamaji, T., Ootsuki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2023 Reorganization of the ancestral sex-determining regions during the evolution of trioecy in Pleodorina starrii. Commun. Biol., 6, 590 (article ID).
Strain(s): 13634479448044814482 
PubMed: 37296191
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04949-1

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