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Strain number NIES-4488  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Ulvophyceae  
Scientific name Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing  
Synonym Conferva brownii Dillwyn 1809; Cladophora brownii (Dillwyn) Harvey 1846; Cladophora aegagropila var. brownii (Dillwyn) Rabenhorst 1868  
Former name Formerly identified as Aegagropila linnaei, named based on Guiry & Frödén 2023[2025 Sept]  
Common name Green alga ; Marimo  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (2011-07-26)  
Latitude / Longitude 43.475866 / 144.110503 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Kawachi, Masanobu; Nakajima, Nobuyoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kawachi, Masanobu (2021-11-30)  
Identified by Wakana, Isamu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  C + 10% Seawater  
Temperature:  15 C
Light intensity:  14-18 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics A Special Natural Monument.  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : M1  
Remarks This strain is available for research use only in Japan.; Very slow growth 
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