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Strain number NIES-577  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Pleodorina japonica Nozaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan (1986-07-13)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.201082 / 138.699062 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (1986-07-15)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2025 Apr]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  22 C
Light intensity:  11-14 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( AB688626 ) , 18S rRNA ( AB688627 ) , ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( HG422765 ) , atpB ( AB014005 ) , psaA ( AB044194 ) , psaB ( AB044431 ) , psbC ( AB044482 ) , psb0 ( LC897946 ) , atp2 ( LC897968 ) , actin1 ( LC898111 ) , rbcL ( AB076087 D63440 ) , 16S rDNA of "MIDORIKO" ( AB688629 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Homothallic ; Dioecious ; Anisogamou  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 2523
Other strain no. : 6715-7  
Remarks Axenic 
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-1363
Pleodorina starrii Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2006) ; Heterothallic ; Anisogamous ; Male ; Genome decoded strain (Takahashi et al. 2003;( Smith et al. 2013)  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-248
Cosmocladium constrictum Desmid   Freshwater (Lake water)  
NIES-207
Planktothricoides raciborskii Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Planktonic ; Type strain  
NIES-522
Pseudocarteria mucosa Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Homothallic  
NIES-610
Planktothrix rubescens Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Toxicity (Sano et al. 1995b) ; Type strain  
NIES-339
Closterium selenastrum Desmid   Freshwater (Rush field soil) Homothallic  
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 

Nozaki, H., Ito, M., Sano, R., Uchida, H., Watanabe, M. M., Kuroiwa, T. 1995 Phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta) inferred from rbcL gene sequence data. J. Phycol., 31, 970-979.
Keywords: Chlorophyta; Goniaceae; large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase (rbcL) gene; molecular phylogeny; Tetrabaenaceae; Volvocaceae
Strain(s): 418421456460541564566569571572574577653725731732734735737895 
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00970.x

Nozaki, H., Kuroiwa, H., Mita, T., Kuroiwa, T. 1989 Pleodorina japonica sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) with bacteria-like endosymbionts. Phycologia, 28, 252-267.
Strain(s): 577 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-28-2-252.1

Nozaki, H., Misawa, K., Kajita, T., Kato, M., Nohara, S., Watanabe, M. M. 2000 Origin and evolution of the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae) as inferred from multiple, chloroplast gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 17, 256-268.
Strain(s): 418456460474541545564566569571572574577582653654666720721722724725727728730731732734735736737851854872882884886887888889890893895896898 
PubMed: 11083939
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0831

Nozaki, H., Ohta, N., Takano, H., Watanabe, M. M. 1999 Reexamination of phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta): an analysis of atpB and rbcL gene sequences. J. Phycol., 35, 104-112.
Keywords: atpB gene; Chlorophyta; Gonium; molecular phylogeny; rbcL gene; Volvocaceae; volvocine series; Volvox
Strain(s): 418456460541564566568569571572574577582653654666720721722724725727728730731732734735736737851852858861882884895 
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3510104.x

Nozaki, H., Ott, F. D., Coleman, A. W. 2006 Morphology, molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of two new species of Pleodorina (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae). J. Phycol., 42, 1072-1080.
Keywords: colonial Volvocales; molecular phylogeny; morphology; Pleodorina starrii sp. nov.; Pleodorina thompsonii sp. nov.; taxonomy
Strain(s): 4564605415445776667207217227247257287307317327347357368638658668678688698728918921362136341264127 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x

Kawafune, K., Hongoh, Y., Hamaji, T., Nozaki, H. 2012 Molecular identification of rickettsial endosymbionts in the non-phagotrophic Volvocalean green algae. PLoS One, 7, e31749 (article ID).
Strain(s): 425577 
PubMed: 22363720
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031749

Sausen, N., Malavasi, V., Melkonian, M. 2018 Molecular phylogeny, systematics and revision of the type species of Lobomonas, L. francei,(Volvocales, Chlorophyta) and closely related taxa. J. Phycol., 54, 198-214.
Keywords: crystalline glycoprotein lattice; CWClade; ITS2; L. panduriformis; rbcL; Reinhardtinia; scanning electron microscopy; SSU nrRNA
Strain(s): 25741845647454156657766673587988088288313621708185825673923 
PubMed: 29278416
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12615

Nakada, T., Tsuchida, Y., Tomita, M. 2019 Improved taxon sampling and multigene phylogeny of unicellular chlamydomonads closely related to the colonial volvocalean lineage Tetrabaenaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 130 1-8.
Keywords: Alga; Chlamydomonas; Colony evolution; Multigene phylogeny; Vitreochlamys; Zoosporangium
Strain(s): 4184374564604745415445455645665695715776546667217257287357378678798808828838871362185824622567338333884241424242434244424542464247424842494250425142524253425442554256 
PubMed: 30266459
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.013

Kawafune, K., Hongoh, Y., Nozaki, H. 2014 A rickettsial endosymbiont inhabiting the cytoplasm of Volvox carteri (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Phycologia, 53, 95-99.
Keywords: Endosymbiont; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Phylogenetic analysis; Rickettsia; Rickettsiaceae; Volvox carteri
Strain(s): 424425577 
DOI: 10.2216/13-193.1

Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, K., Ueki, N., Higashiyama, T., Kawachi, M., Tanabe, Y. 2026 Distribution of rickettsial endosymbionts and their possible transmission within the Pleodorina japonica (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) population. J. Phycol., ,
Keywords: algae; chlorophyta; microalgae; phylogeny; phytoplankton; rickettsia; sexual reproduction,
Strain(s): 57657773546704671 
PubMed: 41626866
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70131

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