Strain number NIES-2332  
Phylum Cryptophyta  
Class Cryptophyceae  
Scientific name Rhodomonas sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Shizugawa Bay, Shizugawa, Miyagi, Japan (1991-11-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 38.647457 / 141.446766 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Sediment)  
History < Hatakeyama, Noriko  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Hatakeyama, Noriko (1992-01-20)  
Identified by Hatakeyama, Noriko  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  WESMESM  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  7-12 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Plastid genome ( LC648963 ) , 18S rRNA ( LC647571 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Genome decoded strain (Suzuki et al. 2022)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Shiz-5  
Remarks  
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-765
Rhodomonas duplex   Marine  
NIES-697
Rhodomonas acuta   Marine Authentic strain of Cryptomonas acuta Butcher  
NIES-698
Rhodomonas irregularis   Marine Authentic strain ; Genome decoded strain (Suzuki et al. 2022)  
NIES-699
Rhodomonas atrorosea   Marine Authentic strain  
NIES-700
Rhodomonas baltica   Marine Authentic strain  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-408
Achnanthidium minutissimum Pennate diatom   Freshwater (River water)  
NIES-1392
Chrysochromulina simplex   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-1302
Glossomastix chrysoplasta   Marine (Seaweed) Attached  
NIES-2537
Skeletonema tropicum Centric diatom   Marine (Seawater) Red tide ; Planktonic  
NIES-1017
Prymnesium parvum   Marine (Seawater) Toxicity ; C-type prymnesin (+) (Binzer et al. 2019) ; Planktonic  
Reference
Mitani, E., Nakayama, F., Matsuwaki, I., Ichi, I., Kawabata, A., Kawachi, M., Kato, M. 2017 Fatty acid composition profiles of 235 strains of three microalgal divisions within the NIES Microbial Culture Collection. Microb. Resour. Syst., 33, 19-29.
Keywords: Cryptophyta; docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; fatty acid; Haptophyta; Heterokontophyta; microalgae
Strain(s): 189141517711152232252332342652742752762772782792802812822842933233243303333453473483503533723773883913954074084094134144174614624664875345485535565575585595605625875885895906036056226236956966976986997007017027037047057067077087107117127137147157167417657668058379971001100210031004100510061007100910111016101710441045104610471302130313241330133913401349135313701375137613791383138413851386138713911392139313951398139914001401169917001730181318151816182618271831186218631864186518741963196419651974197519762142214321442145214721482300233123322351236323642365236923702376250625332534253525362537259026332668268926902691269326942696269727072716271727182720272227232725272627292730273127322770277127722773283928402841284228432844285928722878289028993391368936903691 
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.33.1_19

Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M. 2022 What happend before losses of photosynthesis in Cryptophyte algae? Mol. Biol. Evol., 39, msac001 (article ID).
Keywords: cryptophyte; Cryptomonas borealis: genome evolution; mixotrophy; photosynthetic loss
Strain(s): 27628134534869870371510051006137517302331233227163952 
PubMed: 35079797
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac001

Zhang, W., Yonehara, N., Ishii, M., Jiang, H., La Rocca, R., Tsai, P.-C., Li, H., Kato, K., Akita, F., Shen, J.-R. 2025 Structural analysis of PSI-ACPI and PSII-ACPII supercomplexes from a cryptophyte alga Rhodomonas sp. NIES-2332. Front. Plant Sci., 16, 1716939 (article ID).
Keywords: cryptophytes; Rhodomonas; photosystem I; photosystem II; light-harvesting complex; photosynthesis
Strain(s): 2332 
PubMed: 41393888
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1716939

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