Strain number NIES-584  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvulina steinii Playfair  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Bahrabise, Nepal (1988-09-01)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (1989-03-06)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  VTAC  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  9-14 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-585  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 89-306-1  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
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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-893
Volvulina boldii Green alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-895
Volvulina pringsheimii Green alga   Terrestrial (Rock) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous  
NIES-2567
Volvulina compacta Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis  
NIES-582
Volvulina compacta Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-583  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-672
Oltmannsiellopsis geminata   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-163
Closterium calosporum Desmid   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Heterothallic: Mating type (−) ; Crossing with NIES-162, 164 and 165  
NIES-67
Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex Desmid   Freshwater (Pool soil) Heterothallic: Mating type (+) ; Mating group I B ; Genome decoded strain (Sekimoto et al. 2023)  
NIES-572
Pandorina colemaniae Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-573  
NIES-653
Gonium quadratum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-652 ; F1 strains (NIES-647, 648, 649, 650)  
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
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Nozaki, H. 1990 Colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta) from Central and East Nepal. In Cryptogams of the Himalayas. Vol. 2. Central and Eastern Nepal, Eds. by Watanabe, M. & Malla, S. B., Department of Botany, National Science Museum, Tsukuba, pp. 41-47.
Strain(s): 584585 

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