Strain number NIES-4524  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Trebouxiophyceae  
Scientific name Elliptochloris subsphaerica subsp. subalpina H.Masumoto & S.Handa  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Katashina, Gunma, Japan (2019-09-29)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.81974 / 139.38044 
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (The lichen Multiclavula petricola)  
History < Masumoto, Hiroshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Masumoto, Hiroshi (2019-10-15)  
Identified by Masumoto, Hiroshi; Handa, Shinji  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  C (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  10-20 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC660155 ) , 5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC660438 ) , rbcL ( LC660410 )  
Cell size (min - max) 3 - 14 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Symbiotic (lichen)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : S-356-PL-003  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
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Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4530
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (Bark (Keyaki))  
NIES-4523
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Multiclavula vernalis) Symbiotic (lichen) ; Authentic strain (Masumoto et al. 2026) ; Type specimen (NIES-50026, Holotype)  
NIES-4525
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Multiclavula mucida) Symbiotic (lichen)  
NIES-4532
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Bryoclavula phycophila) Symbiotic (lichen)  
NIES-4528
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (stone statue)  
Reference
Masumoto, H., Handa, S., Tanaka, C., Degawa, Y. 2026 Elliptochloris, not Coccomyxa, is the photobiont of three lichenized Multiclavula species in Japan. Symbiosis, , (article ID).
Keywords: Basidiolichen; Cantharellales; Lichen resynthesis; Photobiont; TEM; Trebouxiophyceae
Strain(s): 4523,  4524,  4525,  4526,  4527,  4528,  4529,  4530,  4531,  4532 
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-026-01161-7

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