Strain number NIES-4662  
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) Sotobori, Shinju-ku, Tokyo, Japan (2021-05-15)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.699994 / 139.742759 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < Ueki, Noriko  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ueki, Noriko (2021-05-15)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  VTAC  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  15-21 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC817964 ) , act1 ( LC817976 ) , rbcL ( LC817987 ) , psbC ( LC817993 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : SB01  
Remarks  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-732
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-733  
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)  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-1711
Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-1710 ; F3 strain (NIES-2863)  
NIES-4537
Volvox rousseletii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Reservoir water) Phototaxis ; Dioecious ; Heterothallic ; Male  
NIES-891
Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis  
NIES-545
Volvulina steinii Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-546  
NIES-4661
Volvox biwakoensis Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Shimotori, K., Ueki, N., Heman, W., Mahakham, W., Yamaguchi, H., Tanabe, Y., Kawachi, M. 2024 Two species of the green algae Volvox sect. Volvox from the Japanese ancient lake, Lake Biwa. PLoS One, 19, e0310549 (article ID).
Strain(s): 543273627403874402140224258425943364337443446614662 
PubMed: 39312548
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310549

Ueki, N. & Wakabayashi, K. 2025 Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 119 (article ID).
Strain(s): 54454556457157457671772873073173486786888289117112569378037854029412742704662 
PubMed: 39277710
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1

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): 2736273727393987398840214022402640294465453445364537459346614662 
DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2026.2683158

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