| Strain number | NIES-4593 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Volvox sagami Nozaki & N.Ueki | |||
| Synonym | ||||
| Former name | Formerly identified as Volvox sp. Sagami, named based on Nozaki et al. 2026[2026 June] | |||
| Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Lake Tase, Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan (2022-06-01) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 39.29885 / 141.32284 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Reservoir water) | |||
| History | < Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2022-06-02) | |||
| Identified by | Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
VTAC
;
AF-6
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 17 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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| Gene information | 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-26S ( LC731498 ) , rbcL ( LC731500 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | ||||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : 2022-0602-VxA1 | |||
| Remarks | Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic | |||
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-397 |
Volvox carteri | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy water) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398 |
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NIES-398 |
Volvox carteri | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy water) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Male ; Crosses with NIES-397 |
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NIES-541 |
Volvox aureus | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Sediment) | Phototaxis |
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NIES-734 |
Volvox rousseletii | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater | Phototaxis |
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NIES-580 |
Volvox carteri | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Paddy soil) | Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-581 |
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Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
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| Strain number | Scientific name | Common name | Habitat (Isolation source) | Characteristics |
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NIES-4021 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Lake water) | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Oogamy ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting zygote forming |
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NIES-4537 |
Volvox rousseletii | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Reservoir water) | Phototaxis ; Dioecious ; Heterothallic ; Male |
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NIES-4534 |
Volvox amboensis | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Soil) | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Monoecious |
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NIES-4022 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Lake water) | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Oogamy ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting zygote forming |
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NIES-4026 |
Volvox sagami | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | Freshwater (Pond water) | Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Oogamy ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting zygote forming |
| Reference |
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Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, K., Yamamoto, K., Suzuki, S., Ootsuki, R., Kawachi, M., Tanabe, Y., Ueki, N.
2026
Molecular and morphological delineations of two homothallic monoicous species, Volvox sagami sp. nov. and V. ferrisii (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) in Japan.
Phycologia,
65,
189-198.
Keywords: Chlorophyta; nuclear genes phylogeny; reproductive isolation; sexual reproduction; Taxonomyvol; vocine algae Strain(s): 2736, 2737, 2739, 3987, 3988, 4021, 4022, 4026, 4029, 4465, 4534, 4536, 4537, 4593, 4661, 4662 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2026.2683158 |
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