Strain number NIES-4538  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Trebouxiophyceae  
Scientific name Trebouxia sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) the Tanzawa Mountains Hadano Kanagawa, Japan (2008-11-23)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.43333333 / 139.16666666 
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (The lichen Usnea hakonensis)  
History < Terai, Yohei < Kon, Yoshiaki  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kon, Yoshiaki (2008-12-**)  
Identified by Kon, Yoshiaki  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  C (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  7-13 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BDIU01000000 )  
Cell size (min - max) 5 - 10 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Symbiotic (lichen) ; Genome decoded strain (Kono et al. 2020)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TZW2008  
Remarks Axenic; Cryopreserved 
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NIES-1446
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NIES-2349
Trebouxia sp. Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Heterodermia obscurata on bark) Symbiotic (lichen)  
NIES-1280
Trebouxia corticola Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Ramalina peruviana on bark) Symbiotic (lichen)  
NIES-1288
Trebouxia corticola Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Usnea rubrotincta on bark) Symbiotic (lichen)  
NIES-1282
Trebouxia corticola Green alga   Terrestrial (The lichen Usnea rubicunda on bark) Symbiotic (lichen)  
Reference
Kono, M., Kon, Y., Ohmura, Y., Satta, Y., Terai, Y. 2020 In vitro resynthesis of lichenization reveals the genetic background of symbiosis-specific fungal-algal interaction in Usnea hakonensis. BMC Genomics, 21, 671 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4538 
PubMed: 32993496
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-07086-9

Kono, M., Tanabe, H., Ohmura, Y., Satta, Y., Terai, Y. 2017 Physical contact and carbon transfer between a lichen-forming Trebouxia alga and a novel Alphaproteobacterium. Microbiology-(UK), 163, 678-691.
Keywords: Usnea hakonensis; carbon cycle; Sphingomonas
Strain(s): 4538 
PubMed: 28535846
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000461

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