Strain number NIES-4529  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Trebouxiophyceae  
Scientific name Elliptochloris subsphaerica subsp. subsphaerica (Reisigl) Ettl & G.Gärtner  
Synonym Pseudochlorella subsphaerica Reisigl 1964; Chlorella reisiglii Shin Watanabe 1977  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Mt. Daimonji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (2018-10-24)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.02653 / 135.80742 
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (The lichen Multiclavula mucida)  
History < Masumoto, Hiroshi < Handa, Shinji  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Handa, Shinji (2018-12-10)  
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 ( LC660176 ) , rbcL ( LC660431 )  
Cell size (min - max) 4 - 15 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Symbiotic (lichen)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Handa-3968-a  
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-4531
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (Bark (Someiyoshino))  
NIES-4526
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (Concrete) Symbiotic (lichen)  
NIES-4530
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (Bark (Keyaki))  
NIES-4524
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Multiclavula petricola) Symbiotic (lichen)  
NIES-4527
Elliptochloris subsphaerica Green alga   Terrestrial (Wooden Fence)  
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

Motomatsu, H., Toyoshima, H., Kawasaki, S. 2026 Elliptochloris lunaris sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new free-living ElliptochlorisPhycol. Res., 74, 355-363.
Strain(s): 2166,  4529,  4531 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.70051

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