Strain number NIES-396  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox aureus Ehrenberg  
Synonym Janetosphaera aurea (Ehrenberg) W.R.Shaw 1922; Volvox dioica var. lismorensis Playfair null; Volvox minor F.Stein 1854; Volvox dioicus F.J.Cohn 1875; Volvox lismorensis Playfair 1915  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Koshoku-gun, Nagano, Japan (1983-08-27)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy water)  
History < Ogasawara, Yoshikazu  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ogasawara, Yoshikazu (1983-08-29)  
Identified by Ogasawara, Yoshikazu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  VT  
Temperature:  22 C
Light intensity:  27-31 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Homothallic  
Other strain no.  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-580
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-581  
NIES-4029
Volvox ferrisii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
NIES-397
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398  
NIES-3780
Volvox africanus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious with male ; Oogamy ; F1 strain (NIES-3784) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2021)  
NIES-732
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-666
Yamagishiella unicocca Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-667  
NIES-212
Pediastrum duplex Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water)  
NIES-662
Oocystis lacustris Green alga   Freshwater (River water)  
NIES-96
Desmodesmus sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water)  
NIES-660
Oocystis lacustris Green alga   Freshwater (River water)  
Reference
Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
Strain(s): 192122232425262728293031323334353637383940414445465051525354555658596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261263266267268287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310312313329334337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

Hirata, K., Phunchindawan, M., Tukamoto, J., Goda, S., Miyamoto, K. 1996 Cryopreservation of microalgae using encapsulation-dehydration. CryoLetters, 17, 321-328.
Keywords: Dunaliella tertiolecta; microalgae; cryopreservation; encapsulation-dehydration
Strain(s): 8192224273244242375396422437 

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